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‘Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World’. Photo: Wendell Teodoro. A stage set with a single performer standing between two large-scale projection screens. The stage is lit blue.
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Theatre review: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Sydney Festival

A cross-cultural collaboration that interrogated the simplification and transmission of knowledge.

Peter Kift. Image is a head shot of a bald headed man with a white beard and glasses on his head.
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Exit interview: Peter Kift, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

The company’s long-serving General Manager, who stepped down from his role in mid-December, reflects on the triumphs, challenges and future…

Slippery. Image is three white faced clowns (one of whom is bearded and bald) with big ruffs and hearts on the front of their gowns.
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Theatre review: Slippery, The Butterfly Club, Midsumma Festival

Mayhem ensues when a polyamorous love square becomes a triangle and one of the lovers returns as a ghost to…

The Inheritance. A group of men on a dimly lit stage, with two spotlit in the centre hugging.
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Theatre review: The Inheritance, fortyfivedownstairs

A theatre marathon about the intergenerational relationships, romantic or otherwise, of a gay community in New York City. 

Dangerous Goods. Three black clad performers wear T shirts that say 'show up' and sing into microphones while spotlights shine down on them.
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Performance review: Dangerous Goods, QPAC

A high-octane cabaret that includes circus, aerials, drag and burlesque.

Seventeen. Five adults dressed and acting like teenagers gather around a swing set to take a joint selfie.
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Theatre review: Seventeen, Southbank Theatre

The collision of age and youth is explored in this comedic start to MTC's 2024 program.

‘Big Name, No Blankets’ premiered at Sydney Festival 2024. Photo: Brett Boardman. Close up of some of the cast of Big Name No Blankets, a man in front has his arms up holding clapsticks, bright stage lights in the background give the feeling of an epic rock show.
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Performance review: Big Name, No Blankets, Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival’s electrifying show about the Warumpi Band whose music changed lives, is one that truly rocks.

Janet Anderson as Rosie in 'Overflow'. Photo: Robert Catto. A woman with a red ponytail smoking and sitting on a toilet. She is wearing a black jacket with skirt, stockings and platform boots.
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A cubicle of one’s own

A one-woman show set in a bathroom and detailing trans experiences that goes from being vulnerable to fiercely unapologetic.

Pillow Fight. Against a black backdrop man and woman sit on a bunk bed surrounded by toys and puppets. Beside the bunk are boxes with labels like ’stuff’, ‘junk’, ‘Shane’s cool stuff’ and ‘Nadia’s baby stuff’.
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Theatre review: Pillow Fight, Claremont Showground, Perth

A puppet show about sibling love and rivalry covers a vast terrain of adventures.

Australian Gothic Tales. Five men and women stand in front of a red curtain looking at the camera and smiling.
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Theatre review: Australian Gothic Tales, The Butterfly Club

A lacklustre presentation of Australian stories that sidesteps Gothic elements entirely.

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