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after dinner @ the wharf

This new  production of Andrew Bovell’s brilliant debut comedy AFTER DINNER makes a perfect fit  for the wonderful Sydney summer that we are having.

I strongly recommend a  visit to the Wharf, one of Sydney’s finest  theatre venues, enjoying a …

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a dazzling cyrano

French playwright Edmond Rostand’s CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1897) is one of the all time, great works of World Theatre. Prestigious theatre companies love to have a crack at it, and give audiences a night to remember.

The great plays have

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kryptonite at the stc

Australian playwright Sue Smith’s new play KRYPTONITE begins back in 1989 in the hallowed halls of Sydney University. Two young, idealistic students from very different backgrounds have a passionate affair. Dylan is a laidback, surfie type from Sydney’s northern beaches. …

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the wharf review 2014

THE OPEN FOR BUSINESS set had a Monopoly board backdrop and floor with a variety of topical squares to land on:- Go To ICAC, Australian Water Holdings, Catholic Church, Slush Fund, Salvos and the Commission Into Union Corruption were some …

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the effect

In British playwright Lucy Prebble’s play THE EFFECT two game young people, psychology student Connie (Anna McGahan) and charming drifter Tristan (Mark Leonard Winter) are volunteers in the clinical trial of a new anti-depressant super drug. Forties something psychiatrist Dr

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mojo

Sometimes playwrights, intrepid as they often are,  take us down very murky paths. It is part of the rich tapestry of regularly theatre-going…opening one’s eyes to other world and experiences…as long as one is only passing through!

British playwright Jez …

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travelling north

David Williamson’s play TRAVELLING  NORTH is now 35 years old. Many people will know this piece from the film adaptation which starred the late Leo McKern as the larrakin, left wing, classical music loving Aussie, Frank.  For the current Sydney …

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waiting for godot

In 1966 Bob Dylan released one of his greatest albums- a double album, with the quirky title,  ‘Blonde on Blonde’. It featured some of the great songwriters finest songs.

Further back in 1953 Samuel Beckett released his play ‘Waiting for …

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whoops! the wharf review 2013

The fact is that going to see shows can be a bit of a punt- and on more than a few occasions I have found myself driving to a venue wondering whether it would not be better to turn back …

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