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  • Barney McAll WAAPA Jazz in the Theatre series. A bearded man at the piano looks toward fellow musicians who are playing a keyboard and harp. WAAPA serves up a slice of NYC jazz
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    WAAPA serves up a slice of NYC jazz

    9 May 2022

    In a retrospective performance, jazz virtuoso Barney McAll draws on the traditions of his genre while pointing the way to the future, writes Garry Lee

    Reading time • 5 minutesMusic
  • Two performers in blonde wigs and pink dresses are surrounded by a group of people in dark coats and hats, some are holding cameras and some have pencils and pads Young performers prove the main event
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    Young performers prove the main event

    5 April 2022

    WAAPA’s third year musical theatre students make the best of a bad lot in this revival of Side Show, a musical David Zampatti thinks we could have done without.

    Reading time • 5 minutesMusical Theatre
  • Reading time • 4 minutesDance
  • Photo: Stephen Heath A group of dancers are moving in a pyramid formation, legs in a wide, bent stance, mid movement. They are dressed in deep blue with flared blue and yellow skirts and are lit against a pinky-red cyc. The human touch
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    The human touch

    9 June 2021

    From dystopia to salvation, LINK Dance Company’s latest double bill brings together two responses to the loss of connection experienced by artists and audiences over the last year, writes Kim Balfour.

    Reading time • 5 minutesDance
  • Momentous clash
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    Momentous clash

    27 March 2021

    It’s Bach and ballet versus jazz and fan dancers in WAAPA’s ‘Restart’, and Rita Clarke enjoys the fun of the clash in styles.

    Reading time • 4 minutesDance
  • WAAPA A Chorus Line rows of high kicking show girls line the stage WAAPA hopefuls line up for the big time
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    WAAPA hopefuls line up for the big time

    14 October 2020

    The Broadway smash hit ‘A Chorus Line’ is the perfect vehicle for WAAPA students to strut their stuff, finds David Zampatti. But what will become of all this talent?

    Reading time • 5 minutesMusical Theatre
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