REVIEW: Cinderella – a sparkling and magical all-round performance

Cinderella is a musical that evokes fond memories in both adults and children. For adults, it’s a beautiful reminder of their childhood and for children, it provides that spark of magic that gets them so excited. Indeed, while the children who attended Wednesday’s performance of Cinderella had an absolute ball, the adults loved this too.…

ByKiran Gupta29 October 2022

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REVIEW: Godspell – a magical rendition of a classic musical

Godspell is an interesting musical. Composed by Stephen Schwartz, one of the giants of modern musical theatre, the musical essentially tells the parables of the Bible back to back. Yet unlike other musicals with similar themes, such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Schwartz’s own Children of Eden, the musical does not have as coherent a…

ByKiran Gupta21 October 2022

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REVIEW: DRAMSOC – Noises Off

With all that has happened at college in the last two weeks, I think it was very clear that everyone needed their spirits lifted and a good laugh. Thankfully the amazing DRAMSOC cast provided for us, going above and beyond to get this play perfect, even though there were a few last-minute cast changes that…

ByZoe Edgerley12 October 2022

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REVIEW: The Mousetrap – A masterful display of suspense, drama and craft

Is there a play more iconic than The Mousetrap? The beautiful Theatre Royal (which has had an incredibly good line-up of shows this year) played host to the opening night of the Australian iteration of Agatha Christie’s classic. The play, which takes place in the Great Hall of a Monkswell Manor in a post-WW2 Britain,…

ByKiran Gupta10 October 2022

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REVIEW: Six The Musical – A Masterful Showcase of Power, Drama, Voice and Ensemble

Six The Musical - Theatre Royal Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived. As Jagged Little Pill closed, Six the Musical moved into the Theatre Royal for a limited month-long season. I first saw Six at the Opera House earlier this year and was very excited to see it again as the return season premiered in…

ByKiran Gupta1 September 2022

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REVIEW: All’s Fair in Love and Virtue

Jules Vahl reviews Diana Reid’s new campus novel, Love and Virtue. This review contains discussion of consent and sexual assault, which may trigger some readers. According to my English lecturer last semester, it takes around sixty pages for a reader to fully immerse themselves in the world of a novel. It took only one page…

ByJules Vahl1 August 2022

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REVIEW: Jagged Little Pill: The Musical of the Year!

Kiran Gupta reviews Jagged Little Pill at Theatre Royal Sydney. It’s hard to imagine that a show would ever be so good that the crowd would send up to applaud in the middle of the second act. In fact, I have never seen a standing ovation at the theatre at any time other than the…

ByKiran Gupta22 July 2022

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REVIEW: Once – haunting and breathtakingly beautiful

Kiran Gupta reviews Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s Once at Eternity Playhouse. Over the last two decades or so, there has been a marked increase in movie musicals as film producers scramble to adapt the latest (or classic) Broadway showstopper to the big screen. It is somewhat rarer to see a movie adapted into a musical. Once…

ByKiran Gupta7 July 2022

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REVIEW: Nude Tuesday – hilariously unhinged, fantastically lewd and fabulous feel-good fun

Ewan Jackman reviews Nude Tuesday at this year’s Sydney Film Festival It’s impossible to prepare yourself before watching this hilariously absurd comedy. Jumping from one joke to another, Nude Tuesday (2022) holds nothing back with numerous hyper-sexual and lewd punchlines from beginning to end. The film follows the well-trodden tale of a couple, Bruno (Damon…

ByEwan Jackman27 June 2022

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REVIEW: Mary Poppins: A world of delight, nostalgia and family fun!

Kiran Gupta reviews Mary Poppins at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre. The last time I saw Mary Poppins, I was 12 years old. It was one of my first shows and I didn’t really understand theatre. But even then, I was amazed by the effects, the cast and the story. For children, it really does transport them…

ByKiran Gupta27 June 2022