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A bar scene in the production of 'Sweat'.
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Theatre review: Sweat, Wharf 1 Theatre

A play about hardscrabble small-town Americans by a Pulitzer-winning playwright is grimly prescient.

Two men. One is standing (Drew Forsythe), one is seated at a piano (Phil Scott) in a production of 'The End of the Wharf as we know it.'
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Performance review: The Wharf Revue: The End of the Wharf As We Know It, Seymour Centre 

After 25 years, The Wharf Revue – famous for lampooning Australian politicians – is presenting its final show.

A woman in black, with sunglasses, Pamela Rabe, is standing in a doorframe of a production of 'August. Osage County.'
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Theatre review: August: Osage County, Belvoir Street Theatre

Belvoir Street tackles one of the century’s great American plays in its final offering for 2024.

The cast of 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. A group are assembled around a central figure, a man. The is a large cross formation below them that also acts as a table.
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Musical review: Jesus Christ Superstar, Capitol Theatre

Go for the voices, not the storytelling.

The 11 member cast of 'Peter and the Starcatcher' all in bright colourful costumes.
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Performance review: Peter and the Starcatcher, Arts Centre Melbourne

The prequel to 'Peter Pan' is fun for all the family.

Man with cream sweater on dark theatre stage reading script for play.
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Monologues are the purest form of storytelling for an actor. So how do you prepare for them?

Auditions for the NIDA Open 2025 Studios program open in December. The photo shows a group of young people in theatre blacks in a rehearsal studio, with the focus on two young women crouched on the floor and gesturing to one another expressively.
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Theatre review: Waiting for Godot, The Street Theatre

A powerful take on a 20th century classic of the Western theatre canon.

The all male cast of 'The Inheritance.' Eight men wearing largely shades of white are gathered around a man in black seated with a laptop.
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Theatre review: The Inheritance, Seymour Centre

This marathon production, based on the seminal E M Forster novel 'Howards End', makes huge demands of the audience –…

Geoff Kelso, and old man in shades of brown is seated in an armchair, Tegan Mulvany a blonde woman in jeans is kneeling on the ground.and Steve Turner is standing on the right hand. He is also dressed casually in this production of 'The Seed".
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Theatre review: The Seed, Subiaco Theatre Centre

A reprisal of a play about the repercussions of war, which was first performed 10 years ago, but still has…

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