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Dear Children, Sincerely... 7 Decades of Sri Lanka, written and directed by Ruwanthie de Chickera, Stages Theatre Group. Photo: Prauda Buwaneka.

Artists from the Asia Pacific stand out at international theatre festival

Of more than 30 theatre shows at this year's Theater Der Welt festival in Germany, these three productions from the…

Suzy Eddie Izzard's one-woman show of Hamlet is currently touring Australia. Image: Supplied.
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Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet review: what a piece of work!

Suzy Eddie Izzard says it’s a particularly audacious time for a trans woman to be touring a one-person production of…

Madeleine Sami and Genevieve Morris in Losing Face. Photo: Pia Johnson.
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Losing Face review: sloppy, shallow and unfunny

Marieke Hardy’s Losing Face, now playing at MTC, is a soggy satire has no clue what its trying to say…

Adam Noviello and Paul Capris in House of Rot. Image: Supplied.
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House of Rot review: decadent but divine dilapidation

Paul Capsis and Adam Noviello bring big performances and excellent pipes in House of Rot.

Ganesh Versus The Third Reich. Image: Sarah Walker.
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Ganesh Versus the Third Reich review: a stunning return of theatre at its best

Back to Back Theatre’s Ganesh Versus the Third Reich is theatre of rare and mythic excellence.

Tirra Lirra by the River at Byron Theatre. Photo: Kate Holmes.
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Tirra Lirra By the River review: Toni Scanlan delivers a formidable performance

This new adaptation of the classic novel Tirra Lirra by the River is cluttered at times, but anchored by a…

Brian Lipson's A Large Attendance In The Antechamber. Photo: Keith Brame.
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A Large Attendance In The Antechamber review: Brian Lipson makes a timely return for Rising

Twenty-six years after its debut, Brian Lipson’s acclaimed A Large Attendance In The Antechamber is back in Melbourne for Rising.

A Year Without Summer. Image: Mayra Wallraff.
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A Year Without Summer review: a frustrating invocation of Mary Shelley

Florentina Holzinger returns to Rising Festival with a new, scattershot work, A Year Without Summer.

Sermsah Bin Saad in Lazarus. Photo: Steven Mitchell Wright.
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Lazarus review: poignant play is a rallying cry for justice

Now playing in Melbourne, Lazarus nimbly recounts the challenges overcome by Taungurung Elder Larry Walsh.

Donné Ngabo in Retrograde. Image: Sarah Walker.
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Retrograde review: Ngabo nails it as Sidney Poitier

Retrograde sees a persecuted Sidney Poitier fighting back against Joseph McCarthy's 'Red Scare' crusades in the USA.

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