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Cinderella and the Two-Way Staircase of Social Mobility

Once upon a time, in a land far away (Greece, if you must know) there lived a young slave girl…

4 years ago

Emma and Jay Johns on 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL

Dolly Parton’s smash-hit West End musical, 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, is wowing audiences and critics alike during its Australian…

4 years ago

Andrew Hallsworth chats about Patrick School of the Arts’ Music Theatre Course

Patrick School of the Arts is one of Australia's premier theatre training institutions. Providing education from secondary school through to…

4 years ago

The lonely legacy of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY

John Donne, sixteenth-century poet and cleric, knew a thing or two. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps  his…

4 years ago

Mary Poppins and the pointless pursuit of ‘practically perfect’ parenting

Mary Poppins is sometimes hailed as the ultimate feel-good story. It’s easy to see why. A magical, ‘practically perfect’ female…

4 years ago

Guy Simon on THE RETURN

Once considered ‘exotic’ trophies of antiquity, the bodily remains of Indigenous men, women, and children served scientific theories of evolution…

4 years ago

Jagged Little Pill: ‘It’s not ironic, y’all!’

For anyone not familiar with Canadian musician Alanis Morissette, cast your eye over the cover of the November 1995 edition…

4 years ago

Mr Hyde and Offshore Immigration Processing: The Dark Side of Good Intentions

Almost twenty-two years ago to the day – 25 May 1990 – Frank Wildhorn’s musical version of The Strange Case…

4 years ago

Neglected Musicals to stage Sondheim’s ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Anyone Can Whistle, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents' scathing social satire, will be Neglected Musicals' next production! Helmed by director…

4 years ago

Bianca Bruce and Matilda Moran are the Stepsisters of RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA

It's possible! Rodgers and Hammerstein's delightful production of Cinderella is opening in just one month! The show was originally written for television…

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