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Life is a Dream. Image: Belvoir.
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Life is a Dream review: a classic comes alive at Belvoir

Segismundo has spent his life in his bedroom, unaware he's the prince of Poland, in Life is a Dream.

The Lark. Image: Arts Centre Melbourne and Hey Dowling.
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The Lark review: Noni Hazlehurst calls last drinks at Arts Centre Melbourne

Noni Hazlehurst explores memories and a lifetime of paths not taken in Daniel Keene’s latest play, The Lark.

Speaking in Tongues. Image: Daniel J Grant.
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Speaking in Tongues review: Bovell's script comes alive in Black Swan's hands

Speaking in Tongues by Black Swan somehow manages to be funny, serious, flippant and profound.

A scattering of old black and white photographs in The Last Princess of Lebanon.
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The Last Princess of Lebanon review: looking back at one's heritage

The Last Princess of Lebanon explores a great-grandmother's journey from a Lebanese palace to rural Queensland.

A young man and woman are sitting next to each other in Destiny.
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Destiny review: an MTC production that explores South Africa under Apartheid

Destiny, by promising playwright Kirsty Marillier showcases life under South African Apartheid but misses opportunities to deliver an emotional, philosophical…

A young man with blood on his hands. The Talented Mr Ripley.
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The Talented Mr Ripley review: STC production brings a well-known tale to stage

Patricia Highsmith's novel is adapted with theatrical shadow, light and dark.

A man and a woman sitting next to one another. He's holding up a wine bottle. Sarah Morrison and Bobby Fox in Ordinary Days.
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Ordinary Days review: a new New-York set musical at fortyfivedownstairs

Ordinary Days is an ode to chance encounters and the magic waiting to be found in metropolitan life

Three women manipulating two bird puppets in a production of Lost and Finding.
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Lost and Finding review: raw energy at Flight Path Theatre

Lost and Finding is a fantastical comedy with a sense of adventure (and puppets).

A man, Ian Stenlake, sitting in a chair near a shuttered blind in The 39 Steps.
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The 39 Steps review: Hitchcock gets the slapstick treatment

Hitchcock spy thriller meets Monty Python-style humour in The 39 Steps, a rollicking action-comedy. 

A classroom scene in Trophy Boys, with three students. One is standing on a table.
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Trophy Boys review: boys will be boys on tour

Runaway hit play Trophy Boys returns to excoriate a world of privilege and male collusion.

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