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Back to basics with acclaimed play Scaramouche Jones
It’s millenium eve, a date charged with symbolism, as most of humanity took time – in an almost obsessive-compulsive way – for reminiscence. For one man, it was the day …
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Nightfall: A performance validating the child’s perspective
Before heading down to La Mama theatre this week with your little one to watch Nightfall, take a moment to recall all those stories your parents would narrate of you …
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Stephen Fry’s new epic Mythos takes over Canada’s Shaw Festival
Stephen Fry has done it again. He has condensed 1,000 hours of Greek mythology in three nights, each a full length show spanning over two-and-a-half hours; a deeply captivating experience …
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Peter Kalos on ‘The Lonesome West’ and the not-so-lucky South
The Lonesome West, an adaptation of Martin McDonagh’s highly praised book becomes a darkly irreverent black comedy to be staged at the Alex Theatre St Kilda on 22 June. Directed …
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‘A Migrant’s Son’: An ode to first-generation Greek migrants in Australia
Inspired by her experience as a child of Greek migrants growing up in the small opal mining town of Coober Pedy in South Australia, 36-year-old performer Michaela Burger (nee Lucas), …
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Koraly goes to Sexpo
It is not Koraly’s first rodeo, but 10 years ago, freshly married and after years of sexual repression and cultural misconceptions, Sexpo was her first encounter with sex as something …
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Local and international acts return to the Greek Festival in Athens and Epidaurus
Now in its 63rd year, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival is one of the staples of Greek summer. Spanning more than two months, the festival includes theatre, dance, music and …
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Giannis Vouros’ play Elladografia cancelled
Acclaimed Greek actor Giannis Vouros was scheduled to bring his successful theatrical production Elladografia to Australia in June as part of the Greek Festival of Sydney. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen …
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Manasis’ Grandparents Day Concert 2018
Honouring its annual tradition in memory of Dimosthenis Manasis’ grandparents Fotini and Dimosthenis Manasis, the dance school is hosting a concert in Term 2. The feast “to show our appreciation …
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How Greek theatre is reducing the stigma surrounding disability
“The word ‘theatre’ comes from the Greeks; it means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.” Legendary acting …