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This adaptation of a Charlotte Wood novel is unflinching and profound
Reviews of all the best shows in Sydney this week, including The Weekend at Belvoir, and Opera Australia’s La Gioconda in Concert.
- by Joyce Morgan and Peter McCallum
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Get across this singer before her star power has her playing ever-bigger rooms
A wrap of the week’s live reviews, including Mr Bailey’s Minder, Constellations, Mad Scenes with Jessica Pratt, ACO’s Dvorak’s Serenade and Thandi Phoenix.
- by John Shand, Peter McCallum and James Jennings
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Sweeney Todd is the perfect show to get your loved ones into musicals
A wrap of the best live shows in Sydney, from theatre shows The Turn of the Screw, Fade, Tim and Sweeney Todd to Eagles of Death Metal and Jeonghwan Kim.
- by John Shand, James Jennings, Harriet Cunningham, Cassie Tongue and Peter McCallum
★★★★
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Adoring crowd laps up every prowl, yelp and yowl from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs deliver a deliriously overstuffed set of crowd-pleasers, led by powerhouse frontwoman Karen O, at their Sydney Splendour sideshow.
- by Kate Hennessy
★★★★
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‘I’m not sure it’s for me’: What happened when I took my dad to Lizzo
Lizzo’s Sydney Splendour sideshow was for the fans – featuring Sasha Flute, her tiny bag, a shoey, and lots and lots of sequins.
- by Em Meller
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Story about the end of the world has moments of theatrical magic
A wrap of the weekend’s live reviews, including Sydney Theatre Company’s On the Beach and Slowdive at Enmore Theatre.
- by Em Meller, John Shand and Harriet Cunningham
★★★★
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Little Simz proves she’s not your usual rapper at Sydney sideshow
We caught a glimpse of the artist fully flexing her powers at Little Simz’ Splendour in the Grass sideshow in Sydney.
- by Shamim Razavi