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    09 Dec 2011-05 Feb David Williamson's latest play centres around a bitter fight between a baby boomer and a member of generation X. A comedy... More details
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    06 Jan-05 Feb   It’s the middle of the night in a dark and abandoned building site in Western Sydney but Russ (Russell Kiefel),... More details
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    12 Jan-05 Feb It’s the smell that hits you first. Entering the Downstairs Theatre at Belvoir St, a powerful wave of sinus-clearing... More details
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    13 Jan-05 Feb Belgium-based, internationally-acclaimed theatre collective Ontroerend Goed has caused a ruckus in Sydney with two astounding... More details
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    05 Jan-03 Mar Griffin’s Stables SBW Theatre has been transformed into a suburban backyard: ciggie butts and beer can shrapnel in a pot of... More details
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    06 Jan-12 Feb Fractured voices emerge from the dark stage of Wharf 1, the audio splicing giving the feeling of flicking between radio... More details
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    06 Jan-26 Feb Played out on a round circus stage, this jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing, and at times utterly cringe-worthy combination of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    12 Jan-05 Feb It’s the smell that hits you first. Entering the Downstairs Theatre at Belvoir St, a powerful wave of sinus-clearing... More details
  • (Theatre)

    13 Jan-05 Feb Belgium-based, internationally-acclaimed theatre collective Ontroerend Goed has caused a ruckus in Sydney with two astounding... More details
  • (Theatre)

    09 Dec 2011-05 Feb David Williamson's latest play centres around a bitter fight between a baby boomer and a member of generation X. A comedy... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-05 Feb   It’s the middle of the night in a dark and abandoned building site in Western Sydney but Russ (Russell Kiefel),... More details
  • (Theatre)

    05 Jan-03 Mar Griffin’s Stables SBW Theatre has been transformed into a suburban backyard: ciggie butts and beer can shrapnel in a pot of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-12 Feb Fractured voices emerge from the dark stage of Wharf 1, the audio splicing giving the feeling of flicking between radio... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-26 Feb Played out on a round circus stage, this jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing, and at times utterly cringe-worthy combination of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    05 Jan-03 Mar Griffin’s Stables SBW Theatre has been transformed into a suburban backyard: ciggie butts and beer can shrapnel in a pot of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-12 Feb Fractured voices emerge from the dark stage of Wharf 1, the audio splicing giving the feeling of flicking between radio... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-26 Feb Played out on a round circus stage, this jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing, and at times utterly cringe-worthy combination of... More details
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    06 Jan-29 Feb Review by Bill Blake, aged seven, very likely the youngest theatre critic in the world (certainly shaping up to be one of... More details
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    06 Jan-23 Mar Review by Jason Catlett (full-sized adult critic) If Mozart were alive today, would he be working for Disney? Or... More details
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    08 Jan-01 Apr When the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s  Love Never Dies  opened at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre... More details
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    15 Jan-19 Feb Seneca’s original retelling of the Greek myth of Thyestes opens at the palace of Mycenae, with a tormented spirit moaning... More details
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    05 Jan-03 Mar Griffin’s Stables SBW Theatre has been transformed into a suburban backyard: ciggie butts and beer can shrapnel in a pot of... More details
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    06 Jan-12 Feb Fractured voices emerge from the dark stage of Wharf 1, the audio splicing giving the feeling of flicking between radio... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-26 Feb Played out on a round circus stage, this jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing, and at times utterly cringe-worthy combination of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-29 Feb Review by Bill Blake, aged seven, very likely the youngest theatre critic in the world (certainly shaping up to be one of... More details
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    06 Jan-23 Mar Review by Jason Catlett (full-sized adult critic) If Mozart were alive today, would he be working for Disney? Or... More details
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    08 Jan-01 Apr When the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s  Love Never Dies  opened at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre... More details
  • (Theatre)

    15 Jan-19 Feb Seneca’s original retelling of the Greek myth of Thyestes opens at the palace of Mycenae, with a tormented spirit moaning... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-12 Feb Fractured voices emerge from the dark stage of Wharf 1, the audio splicing giving the feeling of flicking between radio... More details
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    03-12 Feb Miriam, tell me a bit about your new show – how did it come about? It’s a show that I wrote in 1989. It’s based on... More details
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    08-12 Feb Week six of the short theatre festival, including A Rat in a Hat (a sexy comedy in rhyme), DateNav (about the dangerous... More details
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    05 Jan-03 Mar Griffin’s Stables SBW Theatre has been transformed into a suburban backyard: ciggie butts and beer can shrapnel in a pot of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-26 Feb Played out on a round circus stage, this jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing, and at times utterly cringe-worthy combination of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-29 Feb Review by Bill Blake, aged seven, very likely the youngest theatre critic in the world (certainly shaping up to be one of... More details
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    06 Jan-23 Mar Review by Jason Catlett (full-sized adult critic) If Mozart were alive today, would he be working for Disney? Or... More details
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    Thu 09 Feb As seen at 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony the China Canton Acrobatic Troupe will perform their high-octane acrobatics... More details
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    06 Jan-12 Feb Fractured voices emerge from the dark stage of Wharf 1, the audio splicing giving the feeling of flicking between radio... More details
  • (Theatre)

    03-12 Feb Miriam, tell me a bit about your new show – how did it come about? It’s a show that I wrote in 1989. It’s based on... More details
  • (Theatre)

    08-12 Feb Week six of the short theatre festival, including A Rat in a Hat (a sexy comedy in rhyme), DateNav (about the dangerous... More details
  • (Theatre)

    05 Jan-03 Mar Griffin’s Stables SBW Theatre has been transformed into a suburban backyard: ciggie butts and beer can shrapnel in a pot of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-26 Feb Played out on a round circus stage, this jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing, and at times utterly cringe-worthy combination of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-29 Feb Review by Bill Blake, aged seven, very likely the youngest theatre critic in the world (certainly shaping up to be one of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-12 Feb Fractured voices emerge from the dark stage of Wharf 1, the audio splicing giving the feeling of flicking between radio... More details
  • (Theatre)

    03-12 Feb Miriam, tell me a bit about your new show – how did it come about? It’s a show that I wrote in 1989. It’s based on... More details
  • (Theatre)

    08-12 Feb Week six of the short theatre festival, including A Rat in a Hat (a sexy comedy in rhyme), DateNav (about the dangerous... More details
  • (Theatre)

    05 Jan-03 Mar Griffin’s Stables SBW Theatre has been transformed into a suburban backyard: ciggie butts and beer can shrapnel in a pot of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-26 Feb Played out on a round circus stage, this jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing, and at times utterly cringe-worthy combination of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-29 Feb Review by Bill Blake, aged seven, very likely the youngest theatre critic in the world (certainly shaping up to be one of... More details
  • (Theatre)

    06 Jan-23 Mar Review by Jason Catlett (full-sized adult critic) If Mozart were alive today, would he be working for Disney? Or... More details

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