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Pygmalion | Sydney Theatre Company

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“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”
G B Shaw. more…

Best We Forget | isthisyours & Tamarama Rock Surfers

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It was last Wednesday when I saw this show. I don’t need my diary to remind me of that. more…

The Bedroom | SUDS

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A quiet and modest email lands in my inbox. Unlike the usual “COME SEE MY PLAY” demands of the industry, it’s a neat and modest request, that I come to the International premiere of new Australian play. How could I resist? more…

Radio Muezzin | Sydney Festival & Seymour Centre & Rimini Protokoll

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As the Sydney Festival explodes with various opening nights and outdoor events – like well-considered fireworks – there has been the usual buzz and hum of opinions colliding and clashing in print, in cafes, in foyers, in parks and online. more…

Buried City | Urban Theatre Projects, Belvoir & Sydney Festival

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It’s been a long time since I have seen anything like BURIED CITY. more…

Meow Meow’s Little Match Girl | Malthouse and Sydney Festival

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It’s true that often the most anticipated events of the Sydney Festival is hidden within the beautiful transient walls of The Famous Spiegeltent – and it appears that 2012 is not the year of the dragon, but the year of the cat. more…

Island | Shopfront Contemporary Art and Performance

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On Sunday evening at Shopfront in Cartlon, I sit in the foyer. And all I can hear is a hub-bub inside the theatre.
Among the parents and the kids checking out the artworks on display, Howard Matthew, Shopfront’s co-artistic director smiles at me.
‘Sounds fun,’ I say.
‘Fun?’ he says, ‘It’s more like Lord of the Flies!’
‘Yes, well… it sounds fun. Lord of the Flies is fun, except if you are Piggy.’ I reply. more…

God’s Ear | Pursued By A Bear & Reginald Season at the Seymour Centre

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God’s Ear – A new American play by Jenny Schwarz, directed by Jonathan Wald was the final show of the inaugural Reginald Season for 2011 and it was in the last few days of it’s season that I found myself spontaneously in a seat at the Seymour. more…

ONE FOR THE UGLY GIRLS | NOVEMBERISM

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In the corner of a room, floorboards. An armchair. A rug. A shelf with a CD player, books and sketch books, paintbrushes. A short bookshelf of books, an easel. A few pencil sketches taped to the wall. more…

A New Brain | Sidetrack Theatre

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A small note.

I attended “A New Brain” at Sidetrack Theatre more…