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Sydney: This Means War!

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Comedy is a funny thing. However, it doesn't normally fall under the theatre banner. In other words, you don't go to see comedy expecting to watch actors playing characters but rather to see personalities performing exaggerated versions of them-selves. Comedians can't hide behind a character like an actor can and are therefore under increased pressure to use their wit and spontaneity to keep an audience engaged. As a result many comedians overcompensate by assaulting an audience with their personality. The space is kept alive with their own noise, because in comedy, silence is death.

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Sydney: Camille, The Dark Angel

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The lights are low as the band starts to play; dreary chords plod their way from the piano to the ears of the audience. Dressed in a mourning jacket and veil she weaves through the front row tables to the stage. They watch as this spectre of a woman starts to sing a haunting song, and the show lurches forward into motion, filling the Studio with awestruck silence.

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Sydney: The Serpent's Teeth

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Approaching the issues of war and conflict, especially one that is currently unresolved, is no easy task. We have been bombarded with news reports and images of the War on Terror. The characters are well known to us and the events are repetitive and predictable. How then can these issues be made relevant and entertaining on the stage? Sydney Theatre Company may have the answer, Max Rapley writes.

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