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This masterclass in storytelling taps theatre's ancient roots in the bardic tradition to stirring effect.

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Opera
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Review: Rusalka (Opera Australia)

Nicole Car dazzles in Sarah Giles’s five-star staging of Dvořák’s masterpiece – the best in decades.

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The connection between being and seeing – physically and metaphorically – shapes Bangarra's brilliantly illuminating new work.

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Immaculate work from a company of 12 but there may be less to The Chronicles than meets the eye.

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Rusalka is a potent reminder that opera is a hybrid beast with real power to engage and sometimes overwhelm.

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Review: The Importance of Being Earnest (Sydney Theatre Company)

Sarah Giles' decadent production features some wonderful performances and a set design that cleverly shifts perspective.

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Patricia Cornelius's poetically powerful depiction of dementia and old age is stranded in the wilderness, its potential unfulfilled.

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Live Review

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Samuel Beckett's play may be celebrating its 60th anniversary but it still feels as timely as ever in this production starring Belinda Giblin and Lex Marinos.

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This farce, set over Christmas lunch, is written with an unusual twist, but the humour largely fails to land.

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Live Review

Review: Breaking Glass (Sydney Chamber Opera)

Tonight's online premiere of four short operas by four Australian women composers is a major achievement for Australia's most inspirational modern opera company.

April 25, 2020

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