Review
Wildly silly and littered with obscenity: This show will make you laugh until it hurts
The Book of Mormon remains one of the funniest Broadway musicals of all time, not least because it’s willing to slaughter every sacred cow in sight.
- Cameron Woodhead
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This is about the best version of Pirates of Penzance you could see
Featuring one of the most parodied songs in the English language, this is the most joyous Gilbert and Sullivan work around.
- Bridget Davies, Nadia Bailey, Andrew Fuhrmann, Jessica Nicholas and Sonia Nair
Funny, surreal and fierce comedy exposes insidious effects of partner violence
A woman’s love for a vacuum cleaner takes us on a journey into the torment of being caught in an abusive relationship in Split Ends.
- Sonia Nair, Thuy On and Cameron Woodhead
- ★★★★
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Kids, animals, a Wiggle and Warlow: Annie demands you leave your cynicism at the door
The musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip is both joyful and timely – and it’s just opened in Brisbane.
- Nick Dent
Cats has yet another life, in spectacular 40th anniversary production
Being a cat may look like pure pleasure, but playing one is very hard work – just ask the production’s kittens.
- Karl Quinn
Rhonda Burchmore’s husband threatened divorce, but she still went on the ‘horrific’ show
She’s a stage legend and a straight shooter – so when it comes to sharing her opinion about TV shows and other productions ... well, this star doesn’t hold back.
- Cassidy Knowlton
Classic Australian story gets a new life on New York stage
It is a daunting task: reimagining one of Australia’s most loved and important books – not to mention the Peter Weir film adaptation – on the opposite side of the world.
- Michael Koziol
Love Actually musical parody pokes fun at iconic Christmas movie
A new musical parody takes the mickey out of iconic Christmas movie Love Actually.
Australian theatre legend Toni Lamond dies, age 93
A trailblazer of vaudeville, musical theatre and cabaret, Lamond’s career spanned more than eight decades and took her around the world.
- Lauren Ironmonger
Blockbuster ambition as an Indian superstar hits Parramatta
The spectacular staging turned Diljit Dosanjh’s stadium show into an intimate encounter.
- Chantal Nguyen, John Shand, Harriet Cunningham, Joyce Morgan and Shamim Razavi