Hayes Theatre, April 26 7.5/10 Before a note is sung you’re seduced by Nick Fry’s set. The angular art deco shapes ornamenting upstage windows are echoed in downstage panels depicting skyscrapers. This elegance contrasts with the brutalist world between them: one of metallic walls and beefy rivets, of grills, switches…
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Sydney Lyric Theatre, April 21 8/10 Most people just see the stars, not the dark sky behind. They see the artists who become famous and wealthy beyond belief, feted and adored with sold-out tours, hit films and best-selling books, and think it must all be quite a lark. You get…
SBW Stables Theatre, April 20 4.5/10 It’s like an elaborate children’s game: one that not only incorporates the video madness of modernity, but that looks back fondly to a gentler world of dolls’ houses and their inhabitants. Meanwhile it’s also some weird theatrical cousin of B-grade movies, and a step-sibling…