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Two actors take on the multiverse in jaw-dropping new production
A wrap of the week’s live reviews, including Mr Bailey’s Minder at Ensemble, Constellations at Sydney Theatre Company, and Mad Scenes with Jessica Pratt.
- by John Shand and Peter McCallum
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★★★½
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Beauty pageant sets the scene for modern-day culture clash
Miss Peony tells the story of Chinese-Australian women grappling with cultural identity in 21st century Australia.
- by Sonia Nair
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Caroline Lee’s charming, textured solo performance in June
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Caroline Lee in offbeat monodrama June, 2:22 A Ghost Story at Her Majesty’s Theatre, jazz group Trichotomy, Paco Pena’s Flamenco in Concert, and Werribee Park Mansion’s long-running production of What Was That?
- by Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair and Jessica Nicholas
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Sweeney Todd is the perfect show to get your loved ones into musicals
A wrap of the best live shows in Sydney, from theatre shows The Turn of the Screw, Fade, Tim and Sweeney Todd to Eagles of Death Metal and Jeonghwan Kim.
- by John Shand, James Jennings, Harriet Cunningham, Cassie Tongue and Peter McCallum
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Fresh from his Sydney piano prize, 23-year-old Jeonghwan Kim dazzles
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes the award-winning pianist Jeonghwan Kim, the Prince of Reggaeton, J Balvin, a bright new musical by Tom Gleisner, a long-awaited opera, gigs by 070 Shake, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Noah Cyrus and Tove Lo, plus a play about Australia’s first all-woman motor garage.
- by Liam Pieper, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Cameron Woodhead and Will Cox
★★★★
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Adoring crowd laps up every prowl, yelp and yowl from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs deliver a deliriously overstuffed set of crowd-pleasers, led by powerhouse frontwoman Karen O, at their Sydney Splendour sideshow.
- by Kate Hennessy
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Splendour In The Grass
From a surprise Tony Armstrong song to the return of Flume, Splendour felt back
This year’s Splendour was a redemption story, the rebirth and reset of a vital piece of Australia’s live music scene.
- by Mick Radojkovic
★★★★
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‘I’m not sure it’s for me’: What happened when I took my dad to Lizzo
Lizzo’s Sydney Splendour sideshow was for the fans – featuring Sasha Flute, her tiny bag, a shoey, and lots and lots of sequins.
- by Em Meller
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Story about the end of the world has moments of theatrical magic
A wrap of the weekend’s live reviews, including Sydney Theatre Company’s On the Beach and Slowdive at Enmore Theatre.
- by Em Meller, John Shand and Harriet Cunningham
★★★★
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Little Simz proves she’s not your usual rapper at Sydney sideshow
We caught a glimpse of the artist fully flexing her powers at Little Simz’ Splendour in the Grass sideshow in Sydney.
- by Shamim Razavi