Brisbane Festival:These fairy tales are not for kids

Brisbane Festival:These fairy tales are not for kids

Shake&Stir’s darkly funny Grimm leans into the sex and violence of European folk stories.

  • byNick Dent

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Now this is how you put on a production of Hamlet

Now this is how you put on a production of Hamlet

Director Iain Sinclair has assembled an absolute dream team for this production – and it’s one of the biggest bargains in Melbourne theatre right now.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Kate Jones,Tony Way andMichael Dwyer
Black Mirror in a box:Brisbane Festival’s Volcano is an all-dancing space oddity
★★★½
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Black Mirror in a box:Brisbane Festival’s Volcano is an all-dancing space oddity

It wouldn’t be an arts festival if there was not at least one show that was challenging and a little bewildering.

  • byNick Dent
Brisbane Festival:Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show is no Eurotrash
★★★★
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Brisbane Festival:Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show is no Eurotrash

The autobiographical revue by fashion’s ultimate gender bender is a saucy crowd-pleaser bursting at the seams with talent and creativity.

  • byNick Dent
Everybody’s talking about ‘grace’. This is how it looks in action

Everybody’s talking about ‘grace’. This is how it looks in action

Directed by Bert LaBonte in his mainstage directorial debut,the Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog at Melbourne Theatre Company is utterly transfixing.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Andrew Fuhrmann,Gemma Grant,Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen andTony Way
Great acting. Shame about the play ...
★★★
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Great acting. Shame about the play ...

Our reviewers cast a critical eye over the latest shows around town.

  • byJohn Shand,Chantal Nguyen,Bernard Zuel,Peter McCallum andFrances Howe
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A sledgehammer of a play:LaPaglia mesmerises in Perth premiere of Death of a Salesman

A sledgehammer of a play:LaPaglia mesmerises in Perth premiere of Death of a Salesman

Tears flowed freely during Neil Armfield’s beautifully staged and acted production of Arthur Miller’s heartbreaking dissection of the American dream.

  • byMark Naglazas
The musical whodunnit so good you’ll want to see it twice
★★★★★
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The musical whodunnit so good you’ll want to see it twice

Packing an Agatha Christie-like drawing room mystery into a two-person show,Murder for Two offers up an evening of criminally entertaining musical comedy.

  • byCameron Woodhead andGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Hamilton’s return is spectacular – and exactly what we need right now
★★★★★
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Hamilton’s return is spectacular – and exactly what we need right now

In today’s divided political climate,Hamilton’s brilliant story and incredible cast of fan-favourites and newcomers is precisely the antidote we need.

  • byChantal Nguyen
Charming,awkward:This pop star’s joy is infectious

Charming,awkward:This pop star’s joy is infectious

Girl In Red made her Australian debut in 2023 – and this year returns to play a venue seven times the size.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Cameron Woodhead,Tony Way andSonia Nair
Eloquent and beguiling:Operatic Hamlet is a triumph
★★★★★
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Eloquent and beguiling:Operatic Hamlet is a triumph

Our critics deliver verdicts on the latest shows around town.

  • byMillie Muroi,Cassie Tongue,Shamim Razavi,Harriet Cunningham andJohn Shand