Irene Bell, Journalist

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The Music 2020 Writers' Poll: Irene Bell

Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2020…

Home, I'm Darling

"It's funny and witty." Pic by Jeff Busby.

Features / Music

The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Irene Bell

Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2019…

"['Chicago'] is delightfully sinful with every song more iconic than the last." Pic by Jeff Busby.

I Shot Mussolini

"[T]he true story of a woman who tried to kill Mussolini and failed, spectacularly so." Photo by Renan Goksin.

"[R]eaches for the stars and just misses."

"[T]his show doesn't challenge or inspire much." Pic by Jack Dixon-Gunn.

Black Is The New White

"[T]he joy, empathy and overwhelming sense of hope are so striking in this text." Pic by Jeff Busby.

"It's refreshing to see an interpretation of classical music that is not tied to Western culture." Pic by Yijian Li.

Australian Realness

"We are forced to examine the way we live and the entertainment we consume." Photo by Pia Johnson.

My Dearworthy Darling

"Everything in this show is grander than it seems in the beginning." Photo by David Paterson.

Thoroughly Modern Millie

"'Thoroughly Modern Millie', as a text, meanders between uninspired and vulgar." Pic by Jeff Busby.

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