A rare act of impersonation:Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG

A rare act of impersonation:Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG

Inhabiting someone as illustrious as US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is no mean feat,but Mitchell doesn’t just capture her likeness – she captures her spirit.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Vyshnavee Wijekumar andNadia Bailey

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Peter Dutton’s dog whistle a sad feature of this one-man show about Sudan
★★★½
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Peter Dutton’s dog whistle a sad feature of this one-man show about Sudan

Our reviewers check out the best shows around town including those offered by Belvoir,the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Comedy Festival.

  • byPeter McCallum,John Shand andDaniel Herborn
When this play premiered,its actors were arrested for obscenity. Now it’s back

When this play premiered,its actors were arrested for obscenity. Now it’s back

A controversial classic,and a smart contemporary response to it,takes the stage at La Mama in an excellent double bill.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Karl Quinn,Tony Way andSonia Nair
Everyone feared this festival would implode,but there’s Alice Cooper waving a boa constrictor on stage

Everyone feared this festival would implode,but there’s Alice Cooper waving a boa constrictor on stage

Despite the rough lead-up and dropping half of its acts,Pandemonium music festival didn’t live up to its name – and was ultimately a pretty good time.

  • byWill Cox
Did you hear the one about the girl on the bus with a dead squirrel? Sydney Comedy Fest kick off
★★★
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Did you hear the one about the girl on the bus with a dead squirrel? Sydney Comedy Fest kick off

Our critics give you their verdict on the best shows around town from the Sydney Comedy Festival,singer James Taylor and the latest Hayes Theatre production directed by Blazey Best.

  • byCassie Tongue,James Jennings andDaniel Herborn
Pain and sensuality abounds in revival of Italian classics as British rockers deliver chaotic experience for the apocalypse
★★★½
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Pain and sensuality abounds in revival of Italian classics as British rockers deliver chaotic experience for the apocalypse

Our reviewers check out Sydney performances of the Australian Haydn Ensemble,Bring Me The Horizon and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

  • byKate Prendergast,Peter McCallum andMichael Ruffles
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Melbourne undies on stage at Tom Jones? It’s still not unusual

Melbourne undies on stage at Tom Jones? It’s still not unusual

Tom Jones has been touring for six decades,but his arena show was anything but nostalgia.

  • byWill Cox,Cameron Woodhead andTony Way
Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?
★★★★½
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Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?

Our reviewers give their verdict on acts all over town from the No Pay,No Way,Carmen,Chris Isaak and Grease.

  • byJohn Shand,Peter McCallum,Harriet Cunningham,Chantal Nguyen andShamim Razavi
He was playing the ‘wrong’ instrument – but nailed the concert anyway
★★★★★
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He was playing the ‘wrong’ instrument – but nailed the concert anyway

Listeners were dazzled with the dizzying accuracy of Vikingur Olafsson’s fast hand-crossing,which was made far more perilous on a modern piano.

  • byTony Way andCameron Woodhead
This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

Farewell Lady Autumn at La Mama is inspired by the life of Qiu Jin,who was executed after being implicated in a failed assassination plot.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Kosa Monteith,Jessica Nicholas,Barney Zwartz andTyson Wray
Gladys Knight,Empress of soul sings her final goodbye to Australia

Gladys Knight,Empress of soul sings her final goodbye to Australia

Our critics take in some of the latest shows around town,including Gladys Knight,West Side Story,Faure’s Requiem,Wilco and Jessica Mauboy.

  • byJohn Shand,Michael Ruffles,Bernard Zuel andPeter McCallum