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  • PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 26: Pictured is dress rehearsal for West Side Story production on June 26, 2021 at Crown Theatre in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Will Russell) Is it time to retire West Side Story?
    Reviews

    Is it time to retire West Side Story?

    9 July 2021

    Despite strong performances, Opera Australia’s staging of West Side Story should come with a content note, writes Claire Coleman.

    Reading time • 7 minutesMusical Theatre
  • A group of brightly dressed performers fill a stage with a backdrop of linen strips hanging from the ceiling like tree trunks Into the Australian woods
    Reviews

    Into the Australian woods

    31 March 2021

    WAAPA’s Australianised Into the Woods is an adventurous adaptation that didn’t quite hit the mark, says Erin Hutchinson.

    Reading time • 5 minutesMusical Theatre
  • Sweeney sets the blood racing
    Features

    Sweeney sets the blood racing

    14 July 2019

    Review: WA Opera, ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ ·
    His Majesty’s Theatre, 13 July ·
    Review by Jonathan W. Marshall ·

    Reading time • 4 minutesMusic
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