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A man with holding a phone in his ear in the dark in Dial M for Murder.
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Dial M for Murder review: dial NQ for not quite

A new adaptation of Frederick Nott's 1952 play Dial M for Murder at Melbourne's Theatre Works feels like a missed…

Five people dancing in further coats in The Orchard.
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The Orchard review: Pony's Cam's radical interpretation of Chekov classic at the Malthouse

In The Orchard Chekov’s classic play is deconstructed as the jumping-off point for a smart, uncompromising rant against our dehumanised…

A man is standing on a milk crate. There are people dancing around him in a production of In The Heights.
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In The Heights review: Lin-Manuel Miranda will have you dancing in your seat

In The Heights, by the theatrical force behind Hamilton, pulses with heritage and history.

A woman is looking at a man through a veiled frame in Three Plays.
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Three Plays review: Tennessee Williams in snack form by Ground Floor Theatre

Three rarely seen one-act plays by Tennessee Williams are given the omnibus treatment on the Old Fitz stage in Three…

Four men in front of various contraptions in production of The War of The Worlds.
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The War of the Worlds review: the radio adaptation in a new Perth venue

This production of The War of the Worlds is based on Orson Welles' radio version of HG Wells' famous book.

A man cradling a woman's leg in a production of Miss Julie.
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Miss Julie review: Strinberg in modern dress at fortyfivedownstairs

A modern interpretation of Miss Julie is still shocking and relevant.

A man and a woman in Regency costume are holding hands and facing one another in Pride and Prejudice.
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Pride and Prejudice review: a modern iteration by Bloomshed at Darebin Arts Centre

A thoroughly modern take on the marriage market of Pride and Prejudice.

Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Image: Brett Boardman/ Belvoir Street Theatre.
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Grief is the Thing with Feathers review: Belvoir St Theatre struggles

Belvoir St Theatre's adaptation of Grief is the Thing with Feathers has the potential to reach excellence, but ...

A young boy is crouching to the side. Behind him is a ladder in a production of Yong.
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Yong review: new play takes us from China to the goldfields of Australia

Jenevieve Chang's Yong mixes fact and fiction to explore a boy's journey to the Ballarat Goldrush of 1857.

Two women and a man in colourful clothes on roller skates. Kimberly Akimbo
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Kimberly Akimbo review: a Broadway musical hit now making its Australian premiere

The Australian premiere of a Tony Award-winning musical, first staged in Adelaide and now in Melbourne.

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