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REVIEW: TIDDAS AT BELVOIR ST THEATRE

At its heart, Tiddas is a play about friendship. Five forty-something women who have known each other from their schooldays in Mudgee and now live in Brisbane, meet once a month for their Book Club, which – like most book clubs – …

Taiwan’s indigenous wonder woman runs in election

A young Indigenous activist who has adopted a 34-character-long name shouting her demand is ready to shake Taiwan’s January 13 Legislative Election. Savungaz Valincinan recently changed her official name to ‘Lee I want to exclusively list my tribal name, my Bunun tribal …

REVIEW: THE MASTER AND MARGARITA AT BELVOIR ST

‘Are you ready?’ asks the Narrator (Matilda Ridgway) at the beginning. We are, but perhaps not totally prepared for the madcap melodrama, magic and mayhem that is about to unfold in this wildly ambitious realisation of one of Russian literature’s bravest works. …

REVIEW: THE LOST BOYS AT THE SEYMOUR CENTRE

Inspired by J.M. Barrie’s classic text Peter and Wendy, Little Eggs Collective’s The Lost Boys creates a tumultuous world in which a group of preteens navigate an everlasting realm ruled by a boy king who thrives on volatility. A sixty-minute explosion of …

REVIEW: WHARF REVUE AT THE SEYMOUR CENTRE

Thank goodness for the Wharf Revue, which still manages to make us laugh in a world that is full of terrible news headlines, wars and promises of doom. Thank goodness for the cleverness and wit riddling through songs and sketches which make …