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Les Solomon finds a new theatre and a new theatre company worth exploring This last week with the cancellation of The Addams Family without a tour and an early closure of the Sydney season could easily make both agents and performers throw their hands up in horror and wonder why we…
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One of the greatest privileges and joys I have had in my career was standing next to Lisa McCune for a curtain call after a South Pacific performance. The public persona of Australia’s so called ‘golden girl’ of Australian TV is pretty close to the mark – Lisa is simply…
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Les Solomon continues his report from a recent trip to NYC. Over the years in New York I have seen my fair share of bad shows. I sadly rememberSweet Smell of Success, Steel Pier, Sideshow (which seems fondly remembered because of the score but was a terrible show) to name a few.…
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This was a little too good NOT to share — we at the AussieTheatre office laughed (to the point of tears) watching this hilarious spoof trailer of Les Miserables. Hope you enjoy the musical pastiche and that it brightens up your Friday!
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Bonjour! I’m still in Paris. I’m still homeless. And I’m still doing backflips and playing Simon Says every day. Well actually Philippe calls it “Samuel Says” because that’s his son’s name. And Philippe does whatever the hell he wants. Traditionally the game involves tapping different parts of your body according…
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Marika Aubrey’s feature series – How We Do What We Do – continues today on AussieTheatre. At the Melbourne Vietnam Noodle House, over a shared bowl of raw beef pho, Virginia and I meet after her very very long shoot day on the set of Channel 7’s ‘dramedy’ series Winners…
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After two weeks in New York, I sit in a friend’s home in Vancouver for four days recovering from what I now call the New York Flu. Last time it hit me mid way through my stay in the Big Apple and took out a lot of my time in…
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Hello everyone and welcome to the weird and wonderful workings of my mind after three weeks of Philippe Gaulier. Let’s cut to the chase; I don’t know who I am anymore. I mean, I still look like me. Even after a month of pastry and wine and cheese I am…
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Some twenty five years ago I wrote for a number of theatre publications in those glory days before the internet. For a good two years I complained in many articles and columns about how slow it took for new hit shows to come to Australia. Now in 2013 I sit…
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Marika Aubrey’s new feature series — How We Do What We Do - continues today on AussieTheatre. Over a pre-show sushi-box, I meet old friend Mitchell Butel (then starring in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre, whilst I was around the corner at…
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