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The Comedy of Errors review: A pie in the face, and as funny as a fight
The Pop-up Globe lends old comedy new immediacy.
- by John Shand
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Macbeth review: A Macbeth whose mind is truly full of scorpions
Pop-up Globe's production of Macbeth restores the play's full horror – and with not a lighting effect in sight.
- by John Shand
Jersey Boys review: America's fab four back in harmony
Britain had the Beatles and the US the Four Seasons. Four lads from the blue-collar streets of their sixties-era industrial towns eager to escape the grime along their Atlantic shores.
Rebel Wilson takes to the stage in Sydney
Rebel Wilson is set to make her Australian mainstage debut with the Sydney Theatre Company next year.
- by Nick Galvin
A Midsummer Night's Dream review: Globe's Kiwi Bard ditches the reverence
This is as rollicking and immersive a production of Shakespeare's most popular comedy as has ever romped across a modern stage.
- by Joyce Morgan
Ironbound review: A migrant dream becomes a black-eye reality
Martyna Majok's play tears the veneer from human interaction
- by John Shand
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Arts
Killing time: menacing hitmen a dangerous double act
Veteran actors John Wood and Don Bridges play paranoid partners in crime in Harold Pinter's early play The Dumb Waiter.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Theatre reviews
There's much to love about MTC's 2019 season
Melbourne Theatre Company's 2019 season combines risky, challenging and popular entertainment.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Arts
Malthouse remounts Cloudstreet, brings Wake in Fright to the stage
Malthouse Theatre's 2019 season includes a slew of inspired adaptations and Australian and world debuts, with a little bit of star power thrown in.
- by Hannah Francis
Town Hall to become 'a little Sri Lanka'
Sydney Town Hall will be transformed into a "little Sri Lanka" for three weeks next year when Belvoir takes over the city landmark with a new play.
- by Nick Galvin
The Misanthrope review: Performances strain against rhyming virtuosity
Justin Fleming's gender-swapped adaptation cuts closer to Moliere's wit than does the acting.
- by John Shand