Reviews

The Pirates are Back!

In 1985, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre opened with a blockbuster production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, which…

11 years ago

The One Day of the Year: ANZAC Day disturbs and shocks

The One Day of the Year is actually about much more than ANZAC Day, the “one day of the year”.…

11 years ago

MTC: Endgame

There's a double page in the program for the MTC's Endgame titled "explantion". It's about modernism, Absurdism and finding meaning in Samuel…

11 years ago

Review: Les Misérables, Sydney season

It’s an epic musical, a towering behemoth from the 1980s – an era that spawned plenty of them, like Cats…

11 years ago

Walking With Dinosaurs is back in Melbourne

The late William May told me that the idea for Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular came to him when he stopped…

11 years ago

Dinner – Black Swan State Theatre Co

A dinner party can often be the catalyst for intrigue and conflict as personalities, lubricated by alcohol and rich food,…

11 years ago

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

One late summer evening in the dimmed, pooling light of La Boite’s Roundhouse Theatre, a brave Ben Schostakowski (director) polishes…

11 years ago

The Naked Magicians tour Queensland

Who would have thought the words ‘R-Rated’ and ‘magic’ would ever be used in the same sentence? Those cheeky boys…

11 years ago

Review: The PillowMan

Underground Productions adaptation of Martin McDonagh's two time Tony award winning production of The PillowMan was a raging success. Shown…

11 years ago

Lyric Opera of Melbourne: L’heure espagnole & Gianni Schicchi

For months, Lyric Opera of Melbourne milked everything possible in their advertising campaign that, at first seemingly cryptic, flooded their…

11 years ago