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Canberra Theatre Presents Red Shoes

The Red Shoes is the work of internationally acclaimed choreographer Simon Dow, featuring the talented dancers of West Australian Ballet. Based on the 1948 movie, The Red Shoes is one of the greatest dance stories of our time and tells the tale of a beautiful ballerina torn between her two passions - ballet and the man she loves.

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Philippe Genty Returns To Canberra Theatre

The master of theatrical illusion, Philippe Genty, returns to Canberra with his spectacular new work Lands End (La Fin Des Terres).

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Steven Berkoff Stars In 'One Man'

One Man is a two-act social satire consisting of two short plays with Steven Berkoff starring. Surely one of the scariest tales of demantia and murderous compulsion ever - a gothic tale of horror.

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Anatomy Titus - Fall Of Rome

In a powerful new co-production, Bell Shakespeare and Queensland Theatre Company present Anatomy Titus Fall of Rome: A Shakespeare Commentary, a reworking of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play Titus Andronicus by German playwright Heiner Müller.

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Canberra Theatre Presents Year Of Magical Thinking

Over the course of one brutal year a woman loses her soul-mate suddenly and their only child (a young mother herself) slowly. The woman at the centre of this terrible series of events is Joan Didion. One of the greatest American essayists and novelists of the past 50 years, her writing is marked by a unique combination of the personal and the universal. Able to pare away the clutter of our culture, she is never afraid to draw blood. Even her own.

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Canberra Theatre Presents 'My Fair Lady'

For Henry Higgins, professor of linguistics and confirmed misogynist, transforming a street urchin into a lady is a trivial task, done to honour a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering. Until, of course, he meets the proud little cockney, Eliza Doolittle, and finds that his raw material might not be so easy to mould.

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Canberra Theatre Presents Mathinna

Canberra Theatre will present Mathinna - the story of a young girl's journey between two cultures.

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Canberra Theatre Presents shorter + sweeter

shorter + sweeter is a tasting box of some of the best new 10 minute plays from the highly successful Short + Sweet festivals presented by Canberra Theatre. With annual seasons in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore, this Australian invention is the biggest short theatre festival on the planet.

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Canberra Theatre Presents Heroes

First World War veterans Henri, Gustave and Philippe spend their autumn years reflecting upon the peculiar circumstances of their equally peculiar nursing home.

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Canberra Theatre Presents 'As You Like I'

Bright, breezy, and reminiscent of the best holiday you ever had, As You Like It, directed by John Bell and starring Saskia Smith, is a romantic comedy for anyone who has ever contemplated packing it all in for a simpler life.

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Canberra Theatre Presents Menopause The Musical

Created by Florida woman, Jeanie Linders, after a bottle of wine and ‘a hot flush’, Menopause the Musical breaks open the myths and realities of menopause at Canberra Theatre. It is a hilarious celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or who have survived The Change!

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Brentano String Quartet To Perform At Canberra Theatre

Canberra Theatre will present Musica Viva Australia by Brentano String Quartet on Thursday, 29 November 2007, at 7:00 PM.

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