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A Well Hung Parliament

22 Oct

Shortis and Simpson’s brand is safe with this latest topical offering, which provides plenty of laughs and many gentle jabs at Canberra’s more itinerant population. Rhyming Gillard with ‘kill hard’ and pointing out some of the delicious ironies of our new parliament (such as the two Wyatts and one Wong), these veterans of the Canberra stage were as amusing as ever, keeping the audience enthralled throughout.

The rest of this post is published on Australian Stage.

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Posted by Trevar Alan Skillicorn-Chilver on Friday, 22 October 2010 in Australian Stage, Canberra Theatre, Comedy, Shortis and Simpson, Theatre

Tags: Australia, Canberra, Government, John Shortis, Moira Simpson, Shortis and Simpson

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XPAT

Wednesday, 1 December 2010 at 7:28 pm

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Thursday, 2 December 2010 at 4:59 am

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