Review: The Dismissal (Squabbalogic and Watershed)
Despite some clever, very funny moments, the new Australian musical about the country’s biggest political crisis doesn’t quite hit the mark.
Deborah Jones is a writer specialising in dance. A former long-serving Arts Editor of The Australian, she is currently the newspaper’s national dance critic and also reviews musical theatre and theatre. She is the Sydney correspondent for London-based Opera magazine and Vancouver-based Dance International.
Despite some clever, very funny moments, the new Australian musical about the country’s biggest political crisis doesn’t quite hit the mark.
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