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Seventeen. Five adults dressed and acting like teenagers gather around a swing set to take a joint selfie.
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Theatre review: Seventeen, Southbank Theatre

The collision of age and youth is explored in this comedic start to MTC's 2024 program.

A Very Jewish Christmas Carol. Image is two people standing on stage in a spotlight in front of a red curtain. One is dressed as a present, the other as a Christmas tree.
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Theatre review: A Very Jewish Christmas Carol, Southbank Theatre

A repurposing of Dickens' classic tale with a gingerbread golem and a miser called Scroogavitz.

My Sister Jill. A group of five adults dressed as children leaning out from a window with their hands on the sill.
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Theatre review: My Sister Jill, Southbank Theatre

The star pairing of writer Patricia Cornelius and director Susie Dee transforms this book to stage adaptation into something poignant…

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Theatre review: Escaped Alone and What If If Only, Southbank Theatre

The MTC’s Caryl Churchill double bill is technically and dramatically sound, but doesn’t fully exploit the radical force of this…

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Musical review: Bloom, Arts Centre Melbourne

A musical set in an aged care facility? Sounds like a difficult task, but Bloom comes up roses.

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Theatre review: Bernhardt/Hamlet, Melbourne Theatre Company

Full of humour and pathos, this is a story ripe for our times, about one extraordinary woman, seizing her own…

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Theatre review: Sunday, MTC

The loose boundaries of art and love are explored in this portrait of Heide Museum founder, Sunday Reed.

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Theatre review: Cyrano

Queering Cyrano: a loose, modernised version of Rostand's classic play.

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Theatre review: The Sound Inside

A slim novel of a play that blurs the line between fact and fiction.

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Theatre review: Admissions, MTC

A comedy of manners about race and higher education.