Razor jar to Sydneyâs legendary past

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Razor jar to Sydneyâs legendary past

Friday, June 17, 2011

Vashti Hughes as Tilly Devine

Itâs a bitterly cold night in Sydneyâs Darlinghurst; one of the coldest in 80-odd years, they reckon, which is fitting, because Iâm on my way to see Mumâs In, a show about Sydneyâs underworld in the 1930s, at the height of Darlinghurstâs razorgangsâ¦

Read more of my review of the Brand X Production show Mumâs In: Stories from Razorhurst, written and performed by Vashti Hughes, directed by James Winter with composition by Ross Johnston: http://bit.ly/lQO9Sz

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Razor jar to Sydneyâs legendary past

Friday, June 17, 2011

Razor jar to Sydneyâs legendary past