First the British made ‘The Full Monty’ and now there’s ‘Calendar Girls’. Whilst ‘The Full Monty’ was a work of fiction, ‘Calendar Girls’ was based on real life. A group of middle-aged Yorkshire women, part of a local women’s institute,
Paul Schrader’s ‘Auto Focus’ was a modern American tragedy. His film is a hard hitting celebrity drama involving the life and times of the impish, charismatic Bob Crane who rode on the back of his success as Hogan in the
Billy Roche’s ‘The Cavalcaders’ looks at the lives and loves of four likely lads in contemporary Ireland.-
Terry (Patrick Dickson) Rory (John O’Hare), Ted (Sean O’Shea) and Josie (Danny Adcock) work in an old fashioned cobbler’s store. By day they
There was no agonizing for some deeper theme in the Silver Productions presentation of Toby Schmitz’s new play ‘Chicks will dig you’. This was just good fun entertainment for the younger set.
Schmitz’s main character Jasper is single and out
‘Howard Katz’ is the second play by British playwright Patrick Marber that the Sydney Theatre Company has produced, following on the success of its production of the bitingly contemporary ‘Closer’. This Sydney Theatre Company production was directed by Michael Kantor.
The Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Ínheritance’ has made it to Sydney, performing a season at the Sydney Opera House.
Raison uses the vehicle of a family reunion to create her drama. The Hamiltons and the Delaneys gather to celebrate
The Genesian Theatre Company made a good fist of The Bard’s greatest tragedy,‘King Lear’ in a recent production.
Under director and designer Gary Dooley it was quite a physical, intense production. The fight scenes, choreographed by Felicity Steel, were violent
The Stables theatre recently was privy to a special theatrical event with a mother and daughter performance of style featuring Belinda Giblin and her daughter Romy Bartz, fresh out of graduating from NIDA. They performed a season of Joanne Murray-
The Sydney Theatre Company brought back Alan Seymour’s classic play ‘One Day Of The Year’ to the Wharf theatre.
Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Robyn Nevin helmed the production and brought together a strong cast for the production intent on
‘The Shape of Things’ at the Sydney Theatre Company was in any terms exhilarating theatre.
Neil LaBute’s play was a brilliant piece of writing, strong in all areas. This was a play about careless love and its destructive consequences. Up