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Live version of The Talented Mr Ripley kills on stage

Crime novelist Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley has inspired popular screen versions, but rarely has it been adapted for the stage.

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The Talented Mr Ripley review – Ed McVey plumbs the depths of deceit

The actor offers up lightning asides as Patricia Highsmith’s social chameleon in an atmospheric meta staging by Mark Leipacher

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Impressive performances and production values – but Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley doesn’t quite land

Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith has a long held fascination with the brilliance of Patricia Highsmith, who published the classic novel The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1955.

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The Talented Mr Ripley review – stylish thriller gets a pacy, crowd-pleasing stage adaptation

Heartbreak High’s Will McDonald does an admirable job as antihero Tom Ripley, while playwright Joanna Murray-Smith dials up the humour and homoeroticism

The Guardian - AU

Joanna Murray-Smith’s new adaptation of Uncle Vanya reminds us Chekhov’s play is both timeless and timely

Virginia Woolf always maintained that, of all of the great writers, the British novelist Jane Austen “is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness”.

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Say it again, Julia! 'Not now, not ever'

The sell-out play based on Julia Gillard's famous speech is back

The Canberra Times

Sydney Theatre Company's Julia powerfully imagines the life and emotions of the woman behind the 'misogyny speech'

Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives to deliver one of the most unforgettable political speeches in recent memory.

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Julia review – new play about Julia Gillard misses an opportunity

Justine Clarke is electrifying delivering the former PM’s misogyny speech, but the work fails to reckon with the complexities of her legacy

The Guardian - AU

Canberra play to focus on Gillard's misogyny speech

Sunday marks 10 years since Julia Gillard said the now famous words "I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now, not ever".

The Canberra Times

Julia Gillard: one-woman play starring Play School’s Justine Clarke to debut in 2023

Sydney Theatre Company’s announcement of the work, written by Joanna Murray-Smith, aligns with 10-year anniversary of former PM’s misogyny speech

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