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Australian Arts

John Mortimer & Leo McKern

31 July 2021

9:00 AM

31 July 2021

9:00 AM

What earthly guarantee do we have that live performance is going to be a viable option for Sydney or Melbourne in the short-term future when Covid governs all? Opera Australia has cancelled the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera which they hoped would save their bacon.

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