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Sweet Charity review: capturing hearts at QPAC

The all-Australian cast shines in this production of the Tony Award-winning musical Sweet Charity.

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Malacañang Made Us review: cancel culture meets martial law

Malacañang Made Us, presented by Queensland Theatre Company, shows how one act of resistance can ripple across generations.

Carly Sheppard in The Blok. Image: Jacinta Keefe. best and worst theatre in 2025.
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THE BLOK! review: it's big, bawdy and bananas – bravo!

Art can save the world, the universe or neither in THE BLOK!, starring Carly Sheppard and Alexis West.

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Feathers review: Terrapin Puppet Theatre triumphs in Tasmania

Feathers has everything you could want for intergenerational audiences looking for meaning in relationships and hope for our futures.

Nikki Shiels and Pamela Rabe in Rebecca at the MTC. Image: Pia Johnson.
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Rebecca review: a dark and deathly dream at the MTC

Anne-Louise Sarks cuts a little too much meat off the bone in Rebecca, but Nikki Shiels excels as always.

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work.txt and Instructions review: fourth wall building and breaking at Melbourne Fringe

Subject Object’s mesmerising Melbourne Fringe highlights, work.txt and Instructions, will have you questioning reality.

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Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet with Choir and Band review: a sweet, sorrowful stunner

Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet is brought to new heights with Backyard Cinema's live band and choir at the Astor Theatre.

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Job review: a riveting psychological thriller at Red Stitch

You can expect to be thinking about Job, by Max Wolf Friedlich, long after the curtain falls.

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The Lovers review: Shakespeare shaken and stirred for the TikTok generation

Teens and young adults scream, boo, giggle and gasp like they're at a gig during Laura Murphy's The Lovers.

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Congratulations, Get Rich! review: ghosts, trauma, culture and karaoke

Congratulations, Get Rich! is a bold new work by Merlynn Tong exploring mother-daughter relationships, multigenerational trauma and legacy.

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