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Review: Domino
DOMINOAttic Erratic19 June 2013Abbotsford Conventto 29 Juneatticerratic.comYoung independent company Attic Erratic started performing and working together in 2010 and are well on their way to being on...
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Review: Voyage
Voyage: The Actual and Properly Truthful Account of the Emigration of Thomas PenderA is for Atlas21 June 2013fortyfivedownstairsto 30 Juneaisforatlas.org.auThomas Pender was 23 when he took his wife...
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Mini review: Herding Cats
Herding CatsRed Stitch Actors Theatre7 June 2013Red Stitchto 7 Julyredstitch.netHerding Cats slipped through my review net. I enjoyed it and will always say "see Red Stitch" no matter what a review...
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Helpman help from Sean Bryan
The Helpman Award nominees were announced yesterday.There was free booze at the Melbourne event, but I wanted a night off (ok, I like my weekly dose of QandA indignation) and I can read the list of...
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Opening this week: The Okinawa Hymen Repair Kit Factory
The Okinawa Hymen Repair Kit FactoryBaggage Productions26 June – 6 JulyBluestone Church Arts Venuebaggageproductions.comIf you watched Insight on SBS last night, you will know that hymen repair kits...
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Mini review: Cranked Up
Cranked UpCircus Oz26 June 2013The Big Top at Birrurung Marrto 14 Julycircusoz.comYesterday was a day of backflips, juggling and falling to the ground. But the Circus Oz mob did it with class and...
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Many of us ranted like angry and hurt ranty things on our social media this week, but Karin Muiznieks's social media of choice is song.What do you do when you'd donate a kidney to ensure that Tiny A...
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Review: Story of O
NEON Festival of Independent TheatreStory of OThe Rabble28 June 2013The Lawlerto 7 Julymtc.com.auCarousel ponies, huffy walk-outs and a personal trigger warning when you pick up your ticket: The Rabble...
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Mini review: Light Within Darkness
Light Within DarknessLa Mama30 June 2013La Mama Theatreto 30 Junelamama.com.auSitting in the always-welcoming La Mama courtyard before the show, a seemingly grumpy dude in an orange shirt and...
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Review: My Life in the Nude
My Life in The NudeLa Mama3 July 2013La Mama Theatreto 21 Julylamama.com.auMaude Davey's My Life in the Nude is beautiful, moving and affirming and I'm thrilled to see her cunt any time.And I love that...
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Mini review: The Penelopiad
The PenelopiadStork Theatre30 June 2013La Mama Courthouseto 7 Julylamama.com.auMargaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale and so much more) wrote The Penelopiad as a novel in 2005 and it was soon adapted for...
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Review: The Crucible
The CrucibleMTC27 June 2013Southbank Theatre, The Sumnerto 3 Augustmtc.com.au1Arthur Miller's The Crucible was my favourite play when I was 17 and, along with Lillian Hellman, Miller was my favourite...
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Mini review: Persona
PersonaFraught Outfit and Malthouse Theatre5 July 2013Beckett Theatreto 14 Julymalthousetheatre.com.auI missed Persona last year. I came to regret this, but a consistent rule of reviewing is that you...
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Mini review: Lord of the Flies
HELIUMLord of the FliesUS-A-UM and Malthouse Theatre7 July 2013The Tower, Malthouse Theatreto 14 Julymalthousetheatre.com.auAn adaption of William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies open's...
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Review: Everybody's got something to hide
MELBOURNE CABARET FESTIVALEverybody's got something to hide (except for me and my monkey)Melissa Langton, Libby O'Donovan and Mark Jones5 July 2013Village Melbourne, Ormond Hallto 5 JulyAn art deco...
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Magic Festival reviews
In 2008, The Australian Institute of Magic founded The Melbourne Magic Festival. There are 40 shows at this year's festival, at the Northcote Town Hall, and many are sold out.Who doesn't love magic and...
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Mini review: The Sovereign Wife
NEON Festival of Independent TheatreThe Sovereign WifeSisters Grimm12 July 2013The Lawlerto 21 Julymtc.com.auAustralian epic theatre? Cloudstreet, When the rain stops falling and Secret River can get...
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Review: Gypsy
GypsyThe Production Company10 July 2013State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourneto 14 Julytheproductioncompany.com.auCaroline O'Conner stars as Rose in Gypsy. Is there anything else you need to know! If...
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Mini review: This is beautiful
HELIUMThis is beautifulThe Public Studio19 July 2013Tower Theatre, Malthouse Theatreto 3 Augustmalthousetheatre.com.auThis is beautiful is the second work in Malthouse's independent theatre program,...
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Review: Glory Box Paradise
Glory Box ParadiseFinucane and Smith13 July 2013fortyfivedownstairsto 11 Augustfortyfivedownstairs"Art is fueled by passion, liquor and unrealistic expectations." Welcome to Glory Box Paradise and the...
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