‘Best thing on stage in the world right now’:&Juliet finally heads to Sydney

‘Best thing on stage in the world right now’:&Juliet finally heads to Sydney

Despite fears the hit Broadway show would skip Sydney due to lack of theatre space,&Juliet will arrive at the Lyric Theatre early next year.

  • byThomas Mitchell

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Don’t give history the swerve
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Don’t give history the swerve

And give the bard a brake.

From Zoot to moot
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From Zoot to moot

Grammys won’t save you from the demographic,Rick.

Time to go Bard
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Time to go Bard

Or they’ll tent you to the quick.

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Medium-pacers think this song is about them

Or are they taking the Mick?

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‘As big as Taylor Swift for 400 years’:Sydney prepares for Shakespeare fans

Expect Shakeys to give Swifties a run for their money,says Maggie Patton,an expert on rare books at the State Library of NSW,where the Bard’s Folios will be on display.

  • byJulie Power
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Reuben Kaye makes triumphant return to Sydney after Project backlash

Reuben Kaye makes triumphant return to Sydney after Project backlash

A wrap of the week’s live reviews,including Reuben Kaye,Bad//Dreems,Middle Kids,Romeo and Juliet,City of Angels and Live at the Great:8 Seasons.

  • byJohn Shand,Harriet Cunningham,James Jennings,Lenny Ann Low andBernard Zuel
Forget love,Romeo and Juliet is really about lust and sex

Forget love,Romeo and Juliet is really about lust and sex

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays,but it’s perhaps not as well understood as it should be.

  • byHannah Story
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Character actor in roles ranging from King Lear to A Country Practice

Baz Luhrmann described veteran stage and screen performer Ralph Cotterill as one of Australia’s finest actors.

  • byAndrew Mack
Why Taylor Swift is a literary giant — by a Shakespeare professor

Why Taylor Swift is a literary giant — by a Shakespeare professor

As a world authority on the Bard – and a long-time fanboy of the American singer,Jonathan Bate compares her (favourably) to the greats of poetry and prose.

  • byJonathan Bate
Juliet,without Romeo,will play with your heart. Get lost in the game
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Juliet,without Romeo,will play with your heart. Get lost in the game

The plot of&Juliet unfurls as a battle of quills between Shakespeare and his wife,via the Backstreet Boys for starters. It’s a joyous,hilarious,face-palming adventure.

  • byCameron Woodhead