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Follow-up to Tony-winning Australian play is deeply distressing viewing
A wrap of the best live shows in Sydney this week, including Jailbaby, Musica Viva, Forgetting Tim Minchin, Miss Peony, Ray Chen and The Tales of Hoffmann.
- by Peter McCallum, Vaanie Krishnan, John Shand and Cassie Tongue
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Trailer - 2:22 A ghost Story
The Australian premiere of 2:22 A ghost Story, coming to her Her Majesty's Theatre
Theatre that makes you feel nice? You can scroll Netflix for that
After starring in 500 performances of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, 25-year-old Ben Walter wants to inspire others to present plays with sharp edges.
- by John Bailey
Musical follows in footsteps of Hamilton and Six, with modern take on history
A wrap of the weekend’s live reviews, including comedian Josh Glanc, musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
- by Daniel Herborn, Peter McCallum and Joyce Morgan
What would you do if you knew the world was ending?
Nevil Shute’s classic novel On the Beach imagined a world wiped out by nuclear warfare, but playwright Tommy Murphy sees love.
- by Louise Rugendyke
The unlikely subject at the heart of a new Australian musical
Bloom isn’t just about laughs – it’s also very personal.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Playwright delivers the ‘spiritual sequel’ to global smash hit Prima Facie
Suzie Miller returns to the stage with a new work, Jailbaby, aiming to stir our consciences over an Australian “state-sanctioned torture”.
- by Steve Dow
Reuben Kaye makes triumphant return to Sydney after Project backlash
A wrap of the week’s live reviews, including Reuben Kaye, Bad//Dreems, Middle Kids, Romeo and Juliet, City of Angels and Live at the Great: 8 Seasons.
- by John Shand, Harriet Cunningham, James Jennings, Lenny Ann Low and Bernard Zuel
‘It’s a Faustian bargain’: The cost of becoming the world champion of magic
Growing up in the suburbs of Melbourne Simon Coronel only had a passing interest in magic. Last year he took out the art’s biggest award. Here’s how he got there.
- by Will Cox
Forget love, Romeo and Juliet is really about lust and sex
Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays, but it’s perhaps not as well understood as it should be.
- by Hannah Story
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Roald Dahl’s The Twits revels in grotesquerie and offence – exactly as it should
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes The Twits, Midnight: The Cinderella Musical, Is God Is, a powerful gig by Cash Savage and the Last Drinks and more.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen