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Music review: Symphony Series 5 – Fearless, Adelaide Town Hall

Lord Byron writ large in music at the Adelaide Town Hall!

La Rondine. A man in a white tuxedo is sitting a piano. On the right is a blonde woman in a green gown next to it. There is a bouquet of roses on the piano and a large scale picture of roses in the background.
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Opera review: La Rondine, Palais Theatre

A production that celebrated the operatic skill and emotive gusto of leads Kiandra Howarth and Won Whi Choi.

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Festival review: Through the Mud, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Protest theatre about the US Civil Rights Movement that uses original songs and traditional gospel to tell its stories.

A sea of battery-operated candles on the stage as well as a candelabra with candles on them.
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Music review: Candlelight: A Tribute to Gorillaz and Blur, Athenaeum Theatre

The songs of Britpop sensation Blur and virtual collaborative band Gorillaz are reformatted and performed by a string quartet (plus…

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Festival reviews: Drum, Failure Project, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Two Festival Fringe shows that both delight in their exploration of culture, resilience and community.

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Musical review: Hamilton, Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star

‘Hamilton’ has returned to Australia. It’s slick, spectacular and runs like clockwork – but remains dogged by some fundamental issues.

The six cast members of the musical 'Six' strut their stuff. They wear fluorescent-framed sunglasses and matching ruffs, and pose on a stage lit dramatically in red and purple.
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Musical review: Six, Comedy Theatre

The return of the musical phenomenon that not only gives agency to Henry VIII's six wives, but makes them pop…

A dark-haired white woman wearing a grey jumper, a brown checked dress and white shoes stands onstage in what could be a bland office set. Three blue chairs are lined up against the rear wall, upon which is projected the face of an older man in a suit and toe. A dying pot plant stands in one corner of the room.
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Theatre review: Arlington, Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre

The first Australian production of Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s ‘Arlington’ is challenging, confounding and stunningly original.

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Opera review: Così fan tutte, Sydney Opera House 

If you can forgive the problematic sexual politics, 'Così fan tutte' is enormous fun.

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