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Blood on the Cat’s Neck
Theatre

Blood on the Cat’s Neck

Audrey review: There's no safe space in Montague Basement's immersive production of a Fassbinder classic.

Where: The Bordello, Level 4 Kings Cross Hotel, Sydney When: 22 May - 1 Jun 2019

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The Merchant of Venice
Theatre

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice is a story Shakespeare couldn’t resist.

Where: Seymour Centre, Chippendale, Sydney When: 22 - 25 May 2019

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American Psycho
Musical

American Psycho

Audrey review: Light on blood and violence, but this production’s sharp edges and slashing wit leave a lasting impression.

Where: Hayes Theatre, Potts Point, Sydney When: 10 May - 9 Jun 2019

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Cyprus Avenue
Theatre

Cyprus Avenue

Audrey review: We're half a world away from Belfast and The Troubles, but the violence of David Ireland's play can feel scarily close to home.

Where: Old Fitzroy Theatre, Woolloomooloo, Sydney When: 15 May - 8 Jun 2019

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin...

Audrey review: A bleakly powerful staging may prove revelatory but tests your tolerance levels for depictions of profoundly toxic men.

Where: Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney When: 29 Apr - 8 Jun 2019

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Prima Facie
Theatre

Prima Facie

Audrey review: Suzie Miller's new play shows us all the ways in which the legal system is unfairly made and inherently broken.

Where: Griffin Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney When: 17 May - 22 Jun 2019

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Winyanboga Yurringa
Theatre

Winyanboga Yurringa

Audrey review: A rambunctious and resonant testimony to the indomitable resilience and diversity of Australian Indigenous women.

Where: Belvoir, Surry Hills, Sydney When: 4 - 26 May 2019

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Made to Measure
Theatre

Made to Measure

Audrey review: Alana Valentine's new play burrows into the deep layers of prejudice hiding behind civility and taboo.

Where: Seymour Centre, Chippendale, Sydney When: 19 May - 1 Jun 2019

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Small Mouth Sounds
Theatre

Small Mouth Sounds

Audrey review: Bess Wohl's comedy speaks in the broken semaphore of six people trying to get along.

Where: Eternity Playhouse, Darlinghurst, Sydney When: 3 - 26 May 2019

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Necrophilia
Theatre

Necrophilia

From Lincoln Vickery, a fresh new comedy about taboo, fetish and the limits of empathy.

Where: Limelight on Oxford, Darlinghurst, Sydney When: 22 May - 1 Jun 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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The Digital Divide
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TheatreRiverside Theatres, Parramatta, Sydney 20 - 29 Jun 2019

The Digital Divide

Our digital devices can be both tools and weapons, says Girl in the Machine playwright Stef Smith.

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Prima Facie: Taking on the System
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TheatreGriffin Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney 17 May - 22 Jun 2019

Prima Facie: Taking on the System

Suzie Miller's new play weaves years of coalface legal experience into the story of a lawyer who finds herself on the other side of the bar.

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Lyre: a Theatrical Séance
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TheatreOld Fitzroy Hotel, Woolloomooloo, Sydney 15 - 15 Jul 2019

Lyre: a Theatrical Séance

Harry Milas deploys some of the oldest tricks in the book to promote healthy skepticism and agency.

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Muru yuu Yura: Pathways and Peoples Connectivity
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PerformanceJoan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith 1 Apr - 30 Jun 2019

Muru yuu Yura: Pathways and Peoples Connectivity

Dharug artist Venessa Possum creates a feast of connectivity and craft at Q Theatre's Long Table.

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Sheridan Harbridge: Beyond First Impressions
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TheatreGriffin Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney 17 May - 22 Jun 2019

Sheridan Harbridge: Beyond First Impressions

Specialising in new work is "the tougher road" but it's the most rewarding path says actor Sheridan Harbridge.

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The Producer: the invisible artist
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Conversation 25 - 25 May 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 Intimacy Revolution
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Conversation 25 - 25 May 2019

The Intimacy Revolution

Suz Mawer: What I learned in Ita O'Brien's intimacy workshop.

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The Myth of the General Audience
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Conversation 25 - 25 May 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 25 - 25 May 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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Profiles

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Anna Houston
"actor, director and teacher"
Artist, Writer

Anna Houston

Anna Houston is an actor, director and teacher.

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Harry Milas
"performer"
Artist, Writer

Harry Milas

Improvisor, magician and mentalist

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Venessa Possum
"artist and archivist"
Artist, Writer

Venessa Possum

Venessa Possum is a Dharug Dharawal-Baragal women with Irish descent, an artist, archivist, cultural project facilitator and consultant.

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Danny Ball
"actor"
Artist, Writer

Danny Ball

Danny Ball is an actor.

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