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Seven Jewish Children fails to win award

The controversial Caryl Churchill short play Seven Jewish Children went empty-handed at the Gala Awards Final of Short+Sweet play festival at NIDA’s Parade Theatre on Saturday night. The play was...

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Sydney lawyer’s 10th play…

Sydney lawyer's 10th play opening in Sydney The post Sydney lawyer’s 10th play… appeared first on J-Wire.

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New musical by Sydney writer/composer

Joanna Weinberg has written a new musical about kids’ football…Every Single Saturday opens in Sydney next month. Every Single Saturday is a new musical comedy which will score goals with theatre and...

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New home-grown musical opening this week

Home-grown musical opens in Sydney this week at the Parade Theatre. The post New home-grown musical opening this week appeared first on J-Wire.

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Sasha Misrachi Presents….

Due to popular demand, after its stellar preview season at the Sydney Fringe Festival, Devil May Care’s acclaimed production of Songs of Grace and Redemption returns to Sydney in November for a limited...

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Geoff Sirmai as Shylock

Well known Sydney actor and community personality, Geoff Sirmai is to star as Shylock in a Sydney production of Shakespeare's controversial classic The Merchant of Venice. The post Geoff Sirmai as...

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Short+Sweet with a Jewish Flavour

A host of Jewish artists appear in this week's plays at Short+Sweet in Sydney. The post Short+Sweet with a Jewish Flavour appeared first on J-Wire.

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Atomic – The Musical: A review by Deb Meyer

Physicists make for fascinating protagonists in the current Sydney theatre scene. The post Atomic – The Musical: A review by Deb Meyer appeared first on J-Wire.

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Apples and Pears – a drama review by Deb Meyer

Where in Sydney do you find an intimate theatre inside a NY style, graffiti filled warehouse, with a labyrinth of narrow staircases, bustling with energy and the occasional pot of overgrown tomatoes?...

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Empire by Spiegelworld

’10 out of 10’ (Sun Herald), ‘the best show I’ve seen in years’ (Sydney Morning Herald), ‘the best sex of my life and I wasn’t even involved’ (Brisbane Times). It’s not every day that a show comes to...

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Coming To See Aunt Sophie…a theatre review by Deb Meyer

“Where was G-d during the Holocaust?” asks the filmmaker to legendary Polish Catholic hero Jan Karski, in Arthur Feinsod’s new play Coming To See Aunt Sophie.

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Up and coming Scout

Talented Sydney North Shore teenager Scout Clementine Silbersher is set to star in the cult teen musical “13” when it opens in late September.

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The Present After Anton Chekhov’s Platonov by Andrew Upton…a theatre review...

What do British punk rock music, Russian vodka (copious amounts of it), an acclaimed Irish director and a stellar Australian cast have in common? They all feature in Andrew Upton’s explosive adaptation...

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Sydney Theatre Company’s Death And The Maiden – a review by Deb Meyer

How does a country and an individual move forward after experiencing the brutality of dictatorship? Is it best totally buried or totally revealed?

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ABSINTHE by Spiegelworld – reviewed by Deb Meyer

Few circus companies do subversive and sexy as well as the Spiegelworld team.

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West Side Story to star Anthony Levin

West Side Story – arguably the greatest musical of all time – comes to Sydney's Zenith Theatre in Chatswood this November with Sydney actor-singer and human rights lawyer Anthony Levin performing the...

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Jewish Comedy for Bondi premiere

Following two sell-out seasons in Melbourne the Jewish comedy hit "You're Driving Me Crazy!" is coming to Sydney from 24 November to 29 November at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre.

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STC’s The Wharf Revue – Celebrating 15 years…reviewed by Deb Meyer

A usual highlight in the Sydney Theatre Company calendar, The Wharf Revue, is back again, this time in celebration of 15 years and 21 shows, poking as much fun as always at the follies of our political...

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Deb Meyer reviews the STC production of “Orlando”

Virginia Woolf’s epic, mythological tale of gender transformation through the ages is given a playful treatment by Chicago born playwright Sarah Ruhl, in this Australian premier.

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Fiddler on the Roof: A review by Michelle Coleman

The lights went down, the curtain rose, the first strains of the orchestra filled the theatre… and in less than a minute the audience was clapping along enthusiastically. With its catchy tunes by Jerry...

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