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The highs and lows of Shakespeare
‘Macbeth’ at Melbourne Theatre Company attempts to draw on the tension between high and low art
By Alison Croggon
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Deconstructive criticism
‘Wild Bore’ at the Malthouse Theatre is an irreverent criticism of criticism itself
By Alison Croggon
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Shadowplay
Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company’s co-production of ‘Away’ explores the shadows of Gow’s sunny and much-loved text
By Alison Croggon
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Theatre for grown-ups
‘Joan’, created by Kate Davis and Emma Valente, is sensory, shapeshifting theatre at its very best
By Alison Croggon
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Image of Force Majeure’s Never Did Me Any Harm
Culture crisis
The arts funding cuts are just a symptom of a broader malaise in Australia
By Alison Croggon
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Magic and a one-woman show
Taking ‘Stories I Want to Tell You in Person’ to India
By Lally Katz
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Lighting the king
Nick Schlieper illuminates a Shakespearean tragedy
By Darryn King
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The return of the Tichborne Claimant
A recent play resurrects a 150-year-old case of imposture
By Robyn Annear
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© Lisa Tomasetti
Sydney Theatre Company and the Australian Defence Force’s ‘The Long Way Home’
The lives of returned soldiers
By Claire Corbett
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Andrew Upton goes solo
It’s a new era for Sydney Theatre Company’s artistic director
By Luke Slattery
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The best of Australian arts 2013
Critics give their picks for the year’s top ten
By The Monthly
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David Williamson’s ‘Rupert’ at the Melbourne Theatre Company
By Rhys Muldoon
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‘The Secret River’, Sydney Theatre Company
‘The Secret River’
Sydney Theatre Company
By Henry Reynolds
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© Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Sleep No More
By Michaela McGuire
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© Johann Persen
‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ theatre review
Good medicine
By Peter Conrad
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Lucas Stibbard in 'Boy Girl Wall'. © Al Caeiro
Boy Girl Roadie
Have play, will travel
By Benjamin Law
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Illustration by Jeff Fisher.
The legend of Jandamarra
Theatre in the Kimberley
By Gail Jones
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Theatre masterpiece
Tom Wright & Benedict Andrews - ‘The War of the Roses’, 2009
By Alison Croggon
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