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Theatre review: Heaven, Loading Dock Theatre, Qtopia Sydney

Kate Gaul directs the 2023 Irish Times' Best New Play at LGBTQIA+ museum and cultural centre, Qtopia Sydney. 

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: thriving regional arts, a thriving regional micro-arts business, ‘Beetlejuice the Musical’…

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Philosophy, pleasure and pain: Genet's The Maids at The Street Theatre

Caroline Stacey explains why she has chosen UK playwright Martin Crimp's translation of 'The Maids' for Canberra audiences.

A pushbike on the left of the stage. On the right is a person dressed as a stork in yellow pants and a white ruffly top. A scene from Antipodes Theatre Company's 'Storked' at Theatre Works.
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Theatre review: Storked, Theatre Works

The politics of pregnancy from a queer perspective.

Ensemble in various period costumes from 1927 dancing on stage in Cloc Musical Theatre's 'Nice Work If You Can Get It'.
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Musical review: Nice Work If You Can Get It, The National Theatre

Socialites and bootleggers jive to the songs of George and Ira Gershwin.

Three men in Elizabethan style costume against and elaborate backdrop. Two are fighting and the third is lying on the ground.
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Theatre review: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Cremorne Theatre, QPAC

A riotous romp through all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, this Abridged version is as hilarious as it is joyful. 

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Music review: Theremin & Beyond, City Recital Hall

The haunting, unusual theremin collides with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in this spellbinding concert.

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Dance review: Body Corp, Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre

The body and technology intertwine in this masterful dance work created and co-performed by Sarah Aiken.

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: famous opening lines, Venice Biennale curator's death, a 75-25 arts space…

The company of 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' at The Hayes Theatre.
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Musical review: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Hayes Theatre

A melodramatic musical farce set in Madrid in the late 1980s.

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