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Sunday on the Rocks
Theatre

Sunday on the Rocks

Audrey review: Four women without smart-phones or social media may date Theresa Rebeck's play but her mercurially moody characters still convince.

Where: Chippen St Theatre, Chippendale, Sydney When: 10 - 19 Oct 2019

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Green Tea
Theatre

Green Tea

Audrey review: Sheridan Le Fanu’s spooky tale of a tormented English clergyman is unlikely to raise goosebumps but it easily sustains interest.

Where: New Blood Theatre, Fringe HQ, Kings Cross, Sydney When: 8 - 19 Oct 2019

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The Angry Brigade
Theatre

The Angry Brigade

Audrey review: We are half a world and half a century removed from the story presented here but The Angry Brigade’s depiction of opposing forces feels very current.

Where: New Theatre, Newtown, Sydney When: 1 Oct - 2 Nov 2019

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Fully Committed
Theatre

Fully Committed

Director Kate Champion and actor Contessa Treffone join forces to serve up an updated version of Becky Mode’s Broadway hit.

Where: Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli, Sydney When: 11 Oct - 16 Nov 2019

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Rosaline
Theatre

Rosaline

A dark tale of juicy revenge and teenage obsession, based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Where: Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel, Sydney When: 11 - 26 Oct 2019

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The Wharf Revue: UNR-DACT-D
Comedy

The Wharf Revue: UNR-DACT-D

Audrey review: The penultimate Wharf Revue is slicker and glitzier than most and as hit-and-miss as ever.

Where: Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney When: 25 Sep - 26 Oct 2019

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The Real Thing
Theatre

The Real Thing

Audrey review: Sydney Theatre Company delivers an evening of quality stroke play on the smoothest wicket imaginable.

Where: Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House When: 9 Sep - 26 Oct 2019

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Cirque du Soleil: KURIOS
Circus

Cirque du Soleil: KURIOS

Audrey review: Kurios invites its audience into a Jules Verne-inspired future-past full of surprises and charm.

Where: The Grand Chapiteau, Moore Park, Sydney When: 3 Oct - 15 Dec 2019

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Features

Longer reads. Big ideas. More than just the skinny.

Got a few minutes? Spend some of them on Audrey Journal’s long-form writing on theatre, dance, opera and performance in Sydney and beyond.

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Slaughterhouse: Candid Camera
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TheatreBelvoir Downstars, Surry Hills, Sydney 16 Oct - 2 Nov 2019

Slaughterhouse: Candid Camera

Video and projection allows theatre makers and audiences to look into and beyond the world on stage, writes Slaughterhouse performer Tom Matthews.

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Bell Shakespeare: 2020 Vision
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SeasonSydney Opera House 29 Feb - 16 Nov 2020

Bell Shakespeare: 2020 Vision

Bell Shakespeare programs its first female Hamlet and The Comedy of Errors in its 30th birthday year.

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Rosaline: Rewriting Romeo’s Ex
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TheatreKings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel, Sydney 11 - 26 Oct 2019

Rosaline: Rewriting Romeo’s Ex

Before Juliet, there was Rosaline. Then Shakespeare made her disappear. Now Joanna Erskine makes space for Romeo's ex to have her say.

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We Need to Talk About Colourblind Casting
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Conversation 14 - 14 Oct 2019

We Need to Talk About Colourblind Casting

Actor Michelle Ny argues for conscious rather than colourblind casting. "I came from somewhere, I have a background, and I’m not ashamed of that."

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Selling imagination
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Conversation 14 - 14 Oct 2019

Selling imagination

Sydney's independent theatre scene creates great product, argues actor and producer Matthew Cheetham. But it struggles to sell it.

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Indie Theatre on Shaky Foundations?
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Conversation 14 - 14 Oct 2019

Indie Theatre on Shaky Foundations?

The sudden closure of an inner city venue points to a structural weakness in our independent sector, write KXT co-artistic directors Suzanne Millar and John Harrison.

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The Producer: the invisible artist
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Conversation 14 - 14 Oct 2019

The Producer: the invisible artist

Imogen Gardam, winner of the 2018 Rose Byrne Scholarship for Emerging Female Leader in the Arts, on why she looks forward to "disappearing back into the shadows".

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The Myth of the General Audience
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Conversation 14 - 14 Oct 2019

The Myth of the General Audience

The 2018 Philip Parsons Lecture: The myth of the general audience must go the way of the myth of the average Australian, says Alana Valentine.

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Masters of the House: Who are Australia’s Extreme Theatregoers?
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Theatre 14 - 14 Oct 2019

Masters of the House: Who are Australia’s Extreme Theatregoers?

Les Mis 1000 times? 85 (and a half) viewings of Wicked? Actor George Kemp goes in search of Australia's theatre obsessives.

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Tom Matthews
"theatre maker"
Artist, Writer

Tom Matthews

A Sydney-based theatre maker and performer.

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Joanna Erskine
"writer"
Artist, Writer

Joanna Erskine

Joanna is a Sydney-based playwright and arts education specialist.

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Eugene Lynch
"the other theatre"
Artist, Writer

Eugene Lynch

Eugene Lynch is Artistic Director of Sydney's The Other Theatre.

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Hannah Grace Fulton
"performer & writer"
Artist, Writer

Hannah Grace Fulton

A Sydney-based performer, writer and content creator.

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