Review: The Boomkak Panto (Belvoir)
This is a silly play for the silly season, tipsily leaning to the left. If you go with the good intention to have good time, there's a very good chance you will.
Kate Prendergast is a writer, reviewer and creative cobbler based in Sydney. Her writing has been published in The Lifted Brow, Audrey Journal, Limelight, Overland and Time Out. She interviews authors and manages socials for Roaring Stories Bookshop in Balmain, Sydney.
This is a silly play for the silly season, tipsily leaning to the left. If you go with the good intention to have good time, there's a very good chance you will.
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