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A young woman wearing a black dress with red trim has one arm over her head and one by her stomach.
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Theatre review: Short + Sweet Sydney Opening Week, Heat 1, 2025

A competition to find the best 10-minute play. The first heat was of mixed quality.

A crowd of people are seated around a central area. In the middle of which is a screen that says "191. How do you know?"
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Performance review: 12 Last Songs, WA State Theatre Centre, Perth Festival

Experimental and unscripted, this interactive, community-driven performance lasted for 12 hours.

Two men, one with a FBI vest, are on the left, with their arms pointing to a woman on the right.
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Theatre review: Is This A Room, State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth Festival

A real-life interrogation about Russian interference in the 2016 US election is recreated onstage.

Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. Garland is using an eyebrow brush. Minnelli has a black hat on.
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Performance review: Liza's Good Judy, Motley Bauhaus, midsumma festival

Classic songs in an ambitious tribute to, and exploration of, legends Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli.

Beetlejuice The Musical: cast announcement

The leading cast members for 'Beetlejuice The Musical', with music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect, have now been revealed.

A drag queen dressed in a suited skirt combo, holding onto an old- fashioned phone and sitting on a desk.
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Performance review: Confessions of a Drag Queen Accountant, Skye Scraper, His Majesty's Theatre, FRINGE WORLD

A dynamic evening of salacious storytelling.

An elderly woman (Nancye Hayes) is standing in a living room filled with books. She's wearing a white dress. A 20 something man is seated on a couch (Shiv Palekar)
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Theatre review: 4000 Miles, Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company

This staging of Amy Herzog’s play is elevated by the formidable acting talents and experience of the great Nancye Hayes. 

Two men. One has his hand on the chest of another, who is wearing a white t-shirt and black leather jacket. There is white make up on his face with a red streak over his eyes.
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Theatre review: The Flea, New Theatre, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 

In its annual contribution to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, New Theatre explores the consequences of sexual repression…

Three women with elaborate bouffant blonde hairstyles. The one in the middle is pointing a pink gun directly in front of her.
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Musical review: Ruthless! the Musical, MC Showroom, midsumma festival

Interwoven tales of raging ambition for theatre stardom, with songs, sequins and satire.

Three women, two are seated and one is standing in a production of 'Anatomy of a Suicide.'
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Theatre review: Anatomy of a Suicide, Meat Market Stables

Alice Birch's prize-winning play is presented in Melbourne for the first time.

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