Review: An Ideal Husband (La Boite Theatre Company)
Lewis Treston's bold and sexy reworking of the 1895 classic takes audiences on a Wilde night out in 90s Canberra.
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Lewis Treston's bold and sexy reworking of the 1895 classic takes audiences on a Wilde night out in 90s Canberra.
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