Gothic has strong moments but ultimately feels like a superficial exploration of the genre, says First Nations Emerging Critic and goth fan Carissa Lee
Music theatre
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‘A yearning for simpler times, simpler narratives and endless familiarity’: Robert Reid reviews Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock
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‘Trauma, its aftershocks, its fragmentation, its strange, loud silence.’ Alison Croggon on Rawcus’ Song for a Weary Throat
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‘It makes me believe that magic can happen’: New Review critic Monique Grbec on Sheree Stewart’s Pilepileta at Melbourne Fringe
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A musical about the foundation of the Australian wool industry is a fun romp that misses some opportunities, says New Review critic Sumudu Samarawickrama
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Robert Reid is charmed by The Rest is Drag at the Butterfly Club, a melodrama for contemporary times
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First Nations Emerging Critic Carissa Lee on Mojo Juju’s Native Tongue, a family saga of self-discovery
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“Think it can’t happen again? It’s already happening.” Robert Reid on two unsettlingly timely productions – Robyn Archer’s Dancing on the Volcano and Michael Gurr’s Crazy Brave
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The future is female: Robert Reid reviews Maude and Anni Davey’s retro-futuristic Brave World at Fortyfive Downstairs
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“It made me feel that I was watching some fin de siècle performance, possibly in 1890s Paris.” Alison Croggon reviews Little Ones Theatre’s The Nightingale and the Rose.