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The Other Place
Sharr White’s acclaimed drama, part mystery, part domestic tragedy, opens the MTC’s 2013 season.
Vieux Carré
Named after the French Quarter in New Orleans, this overtly autobiographical Tennessee Williams play is rarely performed – with good…
OVO
Cirque du Soleil’s latest spectacle is technically proficient but strangely passionless, a garish spectacle over-produced to within an inch of…
How to be a good audience
Performers train for years and rehearse for weeks. Is it too much to expect a little effort from audiences? Share…
10 productions to book for in 2013
No doubt it’s going to be a brilliant year in the performing arts. Here are 10 of the many productions…
War Horse
This simple tale of a horse and his boy amidst the horrors of WWI is brought to thrilling life via…
What’s on your art bucket list?
Assuming just for a moment that the Mayan prophesy about the end of the world is true, what great art…
The Australian comic book renaissance
Are Australian graphic novels entering a new golden age?
Wild Surmise
The late, great Dorothy Porter’s verse novel about astronomy, infidelity, poetry and cancer is brought to thrilling life on the…
Elling
Pamela Rabe directs this compassionate but underdeveloped comedy that wants its audience to laugh both at and with its unusual…