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.
LEAP OF FAITH is certainly a leap into the dark for the Hills Musical Theatre Company (HMTC). More known for traditional offerings such as next year’s Jesus Christ Superstar and Guys and Dolls, this thriving company has placed their faith …
I confess to a bit of stress sweating in the first ten minutes of MIRACLE CITY. I really felt like I was in the audience of an evangelical television program and this made for very uncomfortable viewing. Just a bit …
In the entertainment Industry you have to make your own opportunities. The work doesn’t just come to you because you have drive and talent. Exclaim Theatre Company has the stated aim of providing opportunities for the professional growth of the …
Despite its venomous title, BECOMING POISON is a very gentle experience. Most cabaret shows hit you over the head with a rolled up toe-tapper right at the off. Instead, we are treated to two quiet ballads to ease us into …
POTTED POTTER, created and performed by Daniel Clarkson and Jeff Turner, is on a world tour and it sold out last time they were in Sydney in 2012.
This is a magical experience of course and whatever magic potion these …
Aged between 15 and 50, five women share the stage at Belvoir Downstairs at the moment. No, that’s not quite right. Five performers share the stage as one woman. No, that’s not quite right either. They are all the one …
It is no accident that American playwright Neil LaBute’s THE SHAPE OF THINGS is on the HSC Drama syllabus. It is a play to be acted not read. In her program notes Emily Burke, directing it for Backstage at UTS, …
With no program available to linger over a glass of wine with before the show, one is not quite sure what to expect of JURASSIC! THAT IS ONE BIG PILE OF MUSICAL. But there is truth in the titling. Dinosaurs? …
Brother Daniel is captured looking away from us with a slight smile at some unseen event. His face is young, handsome, charismatic and his yellow scarf of freedom stands out against his khakis. The poster for BROTHER DANIEL introduces the …
American playwright John Patrick Shanley’s play FOUR DOGS AND A BONE (1993) is theatrical take on a filmic confection. There are only four scenes in the play, four characters and the bone of the title is the unnamed film in …