Judith is a Sydney theatre worker who was ‘born in a trunk’. With a lifelong passion for all performing arts, she has turned her hand to many jobs in film, TV and live theatre. Ranging from earning pocket money for trimming the back legs off tables, so they sat flat on raked stages to owning her own touring theatre company.
A lighting designer by trade, Judith experiences performances with a technical eye and an understanding of the jobbing actor and the theatrical bedrock which supports them.
It’s hard get it wrong when you are having a go at the Yanks. But a whole one man show of it? That’s what I thought I was walking into last night at Steve Lynch’s US OF EH? at …
After burning though my text data allowance, I eventually found a friend to come with me to see BLACKBIRD playing as part of THE FRINGE. Read the publicity; look up the Wikipedia article; skim reviews of productions past and …
THE FRINGE is my favourite theatre-going time of year and what a way to begin 2016’s season! The first sound cue rewinds loudly as a tape player reverses quickly over the heads to pull us back in time to …
Throwing Shade Theatre’s NO EXIT is good work. Written by Jean-Paul Sartre and famous for the line, “Hell is other people”, it’s a modern theatre classic which demands respect in the production. Yet, as written, it doesn’t quite stand on …
SMUDGE gave me a headache. I love that! Not a … “the music’s too loud” headache or a “there’s too much haze” pounding or the very scary “God this is boring, let me out” pulsing. As I pottered down the …
This is such a wonderful show. Everything you want in a musical. It won Tonys for its score and orchestration and it won the Pulitzer. There is such lightness and dark to a piece that I can unashamedly say, …
After seeing JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT last night, I have a dream that I won’t need Joseph to interpret. My dream is that every table in the auditorium is filled for the next outing of this Hills Musical …
Seasoned theatregoers always find something to love in this crazy creative world of performance. Amateur through semi pro to professional, school concerts to Granny’s tap dance showcase. There’s always something unusual, exciting or unique to enjoy.
How unusual, exciting and …
Despair and disbelief. Can’t even recognise a female of the species, those dolt trappers! Worth more dead as a bounty catch than zooed anyway. She was called Benjamin. She died because the man entrusted with her couldn’t be bothered to …
Everyone loves a good title. A MAN WALKED INTO A BAR has been comedy gold for generations and in Off the Avenue’s production of the same name, it’s truth in advertising. The show is at Blood Moon Theatre at …