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THEATRE

MAURITIUS

Desire Books & Records Manly, until October 10

Reviewed by HARRIET CUNNINGHAM

★★★½

There’s literally nowhere to hide in the Sydney Actors’ Playhouse production of Mauritius .

Staged at Desire Books, the legendary second-hand book store tucked behind a carpark in Manly, the action plays out on a narrow runway bounded by floor to ceiling shelves studded with books you’ve always meant to read. The audience – there’s room for 20 or so – are squeezed in against the walls. There is an entrance/exit at either end of the shop and a space at the back which is wide enough to stand five across for the curtain call.

Aida Bernhardt nails it in the Sydney Actors’ Playhouse production of Mauritius. Credit: Mike Booth

But that’s it. No curtains, no stage lighting and, mos