Aspirations, egos, classes and tones all clash in ‘The Overcoat’ – a title as innocuous as it is resultantly tragic. Set in Saint Petersburg amidst a regimented and immeasurably ordered approach to bureaucracy, Nikolai […]
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Giving Up The Ghost
Grief takes a lot of forms – rarely is it so animated. Rivka Hartman’s Giving up the Ghost, the first play staged at the new Limelight on Oxford, is tragically all too familiar. Emerging from a […]
CALAMITY JANE
Shows are almost always better when you can barely tell the difference between the stage and the stands – Calamity Jane is no exception. Moseying across town from the Hayes Theatre to Belvoir, the new […]
MOBY DICK
There are many advantages to books – they paint a picture for us, while permitting us to dive deep into our imaginations. Sport for Jove’s production of Moby Dick manages this with aplomb in this […]
NELL GWYNN
Chemistry can make or break a play – here, thankfully, they nailed it. The New Theatre’s latest production, Nell Gwynn, is an exemplar of rags to riches stories, here chronicling the rise of ‘low-born’ Nell (Bishanyia […]
CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Musical isn’t where one’s mind first goes when they think of Carrie. Here brought to life at Marrickville’s Depot Theatre fresh off Riverdale’s tongue in cheek take on the play, the first Stephen King novel […]
CRY-BABY
It’s amazing what you can do with simple, clever set design. The Hayes theatre is not a big one but you wouldn’t know it from watching Cry-Baby. Putting on an extravagantly exuberant show in the […]
LOVE SONG DEDICATIONS (WITHOUT RICHARD MERCER)
If you got a chuckle from the title then you are probably going to enjoy this play. Labelling this a play may be a bit misleading however, what with the degree of audience participation and […]
THE ROLLING STONE
You wouldn’t expect a play about anti-gay violence in Uganda to nail its comedy. Dembe (Elijah Williams), navigating a burgeoning romance with Sam (Damon Manns), an Irish Doctor himself of Ugandan background, has to be […]
PERMISSION TO SPIN
It’s not easy to make a Happy Meal toy sound so sinister, but there you go. The Apocalypse Theatre Company’s world premiere of Permission to Spin, in association with Old Fitz stalwart Red Line Productions, […]
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Director Sean O’Riordan wasn’t wrong to describe Troilus and Cressida as a “problem play.” Shakespeare’s tragedy, action, comedy, drama and passenger-side view of the siege of Troy is not one of the Bard’s most prolific […]
THE FLICK
A masterclass in how to pace drama, Outhouse Theatre’s adaptation of Annie Baker’s ‘The Flick’ is one of the must-see plays of the year. Opening on a cinema flooded with the closing credits of a […]
ONE WAY MIRROR
In One Way Mirror ‘experimental theatre’ takes on an entirely different meaning – upending the customary roles of performers in more ways than one. Settling in to the traverse stage seating at the Blood Moon Theatre, […]
VISITING HOURS
Interactive theatre can be a special treat, and so much more so when it’s well done. The Bakehouse Theatre Company’s Visiting Hours leaves the fourth wall far behind (if it had ever existed within the […]
TONSILS AND TWEEZERS
Involving and quintessentially Australian, Tonsils and Tweezers is a fresh gem full of local laughter, though a range of more pressing themes – many of which will be familiar to almost anyone who went through high school […]
HIGH FIDELITY
High Fidelity the musical has big shoes to fill. An adaptation of the acclaimed Nick Hornby novel, itself transformed into the much-loved turn of the millennium flick about perennially self-absorbed list-maker and record store owner Rob […]
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
A set of crossroads was apt for Red Line Productions’ A View From The Bridge – it needed little else. Taking place amidst a turbulent period of American history and immigration ever as relevant today, […]
NO END OF BLAME
No End of Blame is a lot of things, but it can’t be everything it tries to be. If we’re going to run the gamut however, it may as well be with Sport for Jove. […]
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
Staging Ken Kesey’s iconic novel, no less in light of the seminal film adaptation, is no small feat. Thankfully Sport For Jove are reliably up to the challenge. Set amidst a mental hospital in 1960’s […]
NEVILLE’S ISLAND
A charmingly episodic romp through the Australian wilderness, Neville’s Island succeeds on the charisma of it’s enviable cast. Stranded on an island, four friends have to make do with the precious little cargo fastened to […]
CLOUD NINE
It’s almost always better when you start things off with a bang. Striding onto the stage without warning, a lone figure resolutely seats himself at a piano and begins to play, only for Cloud Nine’s strikingly talented […]
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