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Robert Menzies as Lear. Photo: Brett Boardman

REVIEW: KING LEAR AT THE NEILSON NUTSHELL

  An epic play and an epic performance from Robert Menzies as the cantankerous, incredulous and increasingly befuddled old monarch who loses his grip on his mind as he gives away his kingdom. The play was first performed in 1606, in the …

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 – …

REVIEW: CINDERELLA AT THE LYRIC THEATRE

And they all lived happily ever after. Hardly a plot spoiler in the fairytale circumstances created by this Rodgers and Hammerstein confection of Cinderella, which in turn relies heavily on the 17th-century tale concocted by Charles Perrault. Disney has made that version …

REVIEW: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS AT THE THEATRE ROYAL

Super glitzy, full of colour and movement, fabulous music and mesmerising dance scenes, An American in Paris is spectacular. Inspired by Gershwin’s 1928 orchestral score and the 1951 multi-award-winning movie of the same name, Brit Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography is precise and clever. …