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Joyce Morgan is a theatre critic for The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a former arts editor and writer of the SMH and also an author.

This feel-good show is the perfect gift for the littlies

This feel-good show is the perfect gift for the littlies

Our critics review the latest shows around town.

  • by Joyce Morgan, James Jennings, Cassie Tongue, Kate Prendergast and Penry Buckley

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Schlocky horror show is long on spectacle and short on drama
★★★
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Schlocky horror show is long on spectacle and short on drama

Our reviewers give their verdict on the latest shows around town.

  • by Peter McCallum, John Shand, James Jennings, Harriet Cunningham and Joyce Morgan
You’ll arrive curious and leave in a state of lingering wonder and happiness

You’ll arrive curious and leave in a state of lingering wonder and happiness

Our reviewers take a look at the latest shows around town.

  • by Chantal Nguyen, Joyce Morgan, Peter McCallum, Shamim Razavi and John Shand
Monsters, torture and a week of sex – this 3000-year-old tale has got the lot

Monsters, torture and a week of sex – this 3000-year-old tale has got the lot

The ancient Epic of Gilgamesh was scratched into clay tablets long before paper was invented. Now it’s getting the operatic treatment.

  • by Joyce Morgan
Megamix of murder and mayhem doesn’t quite kill it

Megamix of murder and mayhem doesn’t quite kill it

Our reviewers give their verdict on the latest shows round town.

  • by John Shand, Joyce Morgan, Shamim Razavi and Frances Howe
These sisters can act - and sing and dance as well

These sisters can act - and sing and dance as well

Our critics deliver their verdicts on the latest shows around town.

  • by John Shand, Michael Bailey, Peter McCallum and Joyce Morgan
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Think of the drinkers: the advice that helped turn Hamlet into an opera
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Think of the drinkers: the advice that helped turn Hamlet into an opera

Composer Brett Dean needed some sage advice to adapt Shakespeare’s longest play.

  • by Joyce Morgan
A musical Little Women brings Jo’s lurid imagination to life

A musical Little Women brings Jo’s lurid imagination to life

Our critics deliver their verdict on the latest shows around town.

  • by Joyce Morgan, Daniel Herborn, Bernard Zuel, Chantal Nguyen and Harriet Cunningham
This three-way bet on the loopy power of opera is a five-star triumph
★★★★★
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This three-way bet on the loopy power of opera is a five-star triumph

Our reviewers cast a critical eye over this week’s big shows.

  • by Joyce Morgan, John Shand and Harriet Cunningham
This whip-smart satire puts a bomb under faux feminists
★★★★½
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This whip-smart satire puts a bomb under faux feminists

Our critics take a look at the latest shows around town.

  • by Peter McCallum, Joyce Morgan, John Shand, Michael Bailey and Kate Prendergast
‘Like stalking a deer’: How this humble actor was lured to a huge role

‘Like stalking a deer’: How this humble actor was lured to a huge role

Robert Menzies says he never expected to play Shakespeare’s King Lear.

  • by Joyce Morgan

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