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Family Shows

Josephine Wants to Dance

Audrey review: If you’ve young ones to entertain this school holiday, (or just yourself), Josephine Wants to Dance ticks all the boxes.

Where: Lendlease Darling Quarter Theatre, Darling Harbour, Sydney When: 16 Apr - 12 May 2018

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Festival

Rapid Reads

A quick 'n' dirty showcase of the newest work from Australia's hottest emerging playwrights.

Where: Old 505 Theatre, Newtown, Sydney When: 11 - 21 Apr 2018

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Festival

Batch Festival Stages Griffin Takeover

It’s all about the stuff that doesn't fit into traditional genre pigeonholes, says Batch Festival’s curator Phil Spencer.

Where: Stables Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney When: 11 - 28 Apr 2018

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Theatre

A new play casts light...

Zoe Hogan's experiences working in East Timor are woven into a thriller based on a shameful episode in Australian-Timorese relations.

Where: Belvoir (Downstairs), Surry Hills, Sydney When: 5 - 21 Apr 2018

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Theatre

The Flick

Audrey review: The Flick makes Remains of the Day look like Pacific Rim. But if you are captured by its rhythm, you’ll find it totally absorbing.

Where: Seymour Centre, Chippendale, Sydney When: 5 - 28 Apr 2018

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Theatre

The Children

Audrey review: Lucy Kirkwood's play has a stark message for the older generations: Clean up your mess - even if it’s the last thing you ever do.

Where: Sydney Opera House When: 29 Mar - 19 May 2018

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Theatre

Sami in Paradise

Audrey review: Belvoir’s second crack at this Nikolai Erdman story and complete success continues to elude the company.

Where: Belvoir, Surry Hills, Sydney When: 1 - 29 Apr 2018

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Theatre

The Resistible Rise of Arturo...

Audrey review: A new translation of a Brecht masterpiece draws dark parallels between the rise of fascism in Europe and the Australia of today.

Where: Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney When: 21 Mar - 28 Apr 2018

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Cabaret

Limbo

Whatever your orientation, you'll find yourself falling for the boys and the girls in Limbo, says Scott Maidment of his exotic circus-cabaret.

Where: Spiegeltent, Arts Precinct, Wollongong When: 12 Apr - 6 May 2018

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Features

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

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

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TheatreSTC Wharf 1, Millers Point, Sydney 21 Apr - 26 May 2018

More than meets the eye: the complexity and joy of Cate McGregor

Still Point Turning has the potential to be a beacon for those who need one, says Charles O'Grady.

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FestivalStables Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney 11 - 28 Apr 2018

Freedom to be Bad: Busting out of “Good Asian” stories

Vidya Rajan and Shannan Lim's Asian Ghost-ery Store puts their worst and funniest selves on display.

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Conversation 20 - 20 Apr 2018

What I Learned From a Dead White Male (and Peter Evans)

Indie director Penny Harpham took a deep dive into the world of mainstage theatre with Antony and Cleopatra and, against expectations, came up inspired.

TheatreRiverside Theatres, Parramatta, Sydney 26 - 28 Apr 2018

David Williams Quietly Unhitches “Christian” from “Conservative”

David Williams brings his Quiet Faith to one of Australia's most ethnically and religiously diverse areas, giving the show a new life and new context.

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Conversation 20 - 20 Apr 2018

“Design is so much more than making things look pretty”

In the second in a series of interviews celebrating Australia's leading female designers, Antoinette Barbouttis talks life and art with Anna Gardiner.

Conversation 20 - 20 Apr 2018

“Don’t underestimate the audience,” says Declan Greene

Declan Greene fires back at comments made by Wesley Enoch in his Nick Enright Keynote Address.

TheatreSydney Opera House 29 Mar - 19 May 2018

Pamela Rabe and Sarah Peirse: Nuclear Family

On stage together for the first time in nearly 30 years, the stars of Lucy Kirkwood's The Children explore their shared past and our dangerous future.

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