The new American film, ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin’, covers old territory, the quest for a man, in this case, Andy Stitzer, to lose his virginity. There is a different slant, Andy happens to be an ancient 40 years old!
Six years after the Wharf Revue teams’ first show for the Sydney Theatre Company the four member team of Jonathon Biggins, Drew Forsythe, Genevieve Lemon and Phil Scott, are still firing their satirical shots.
Their show covered a lot of
From seeing ‘Capote’ to then seeing the ‘Walk The Line’, the story of American country music legend, Johnny Cash. As one would expect, the story of a popular music legend is a very different one from the story of a
Loretta Tolnai’s production for the Genesian Theatre Company of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic tale ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ was an entertaining production.
The story is set in Victorian England at a place called Baskerville Hall, a fictional location
Two popular cult films have been released sequels within the last year. Richard Linklater brought out his successful sequel to ‘Before Sunrise’ with ‘Before Sunset’ with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reprising their roles. Now Cedric Klapisch has released his
Rumour has it in the film of the same name, directed by Rob Reiner from the screenplay by Ted Griffin, that Charles Webb based his novel ‘The Graduate’ on the experiences of a well to do Pasadena family, the Huttinger’s.
The first production for this year of Wharf 2Loud, a program wing of the Sydney Theatre Company, was Michel Vinaver’s play ‘Dissident, Goes Without Saying’, adapted and directed by Andrew Upton.
Vinaver’s play starts with Helene and her son Philippe
Irish folk love to tell stories and two of Ireland’s favourite literary sons, Frank (‘Angela’s Ashes’) and Malachy (‘A Monk Swimming’) McCourt, come up with a tasty smorgasbord of stories with their new show ‘A Couple of Blaguards’.
Their stories
Australia’s premiere playwright David Williamson’s trilogy of plays on community conferencing is now complete. ‘Charitable Intent’, the final play in the series, is currently playing at the Ensemble theatre.
Williamson has used the same conference convener, Jack Manning (Andrew Doyle),
It is comforting that State Theatre Companies still include a few classics in their subscription seasons. It is great to see new, experimental works performed, especially by local writers, however it’s also exciting to see the production of a classic,