Mark Pigott

A memorable part of Mark’s childhood, in Sydney in the sixties, was spent queuing up in George Street to watch the latest movies. Mark remains an avid cinema and theatre goer, and believe that the essentials of great drama remain the same in both “genres”.

Mark’s other interests are photography, cricket and rugby. He is happy to discuss the finer points of swing bowling at any time.

276 posts by Mark Pigott

calpurnia descending

sistersgrimm622

Hilarious camp comedy and serious Shakespearean drama mixed with 1930s melodrama are some of the diverse ingredients in the very entertaining drama CALPURNIA DESCENDING.

Ash Flanders and Declan Greene are the creative force behind the Sisters Grimm and are responsible …

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bell shakespeare’s henry v

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.” The very familiar rousing speech is a powerful and emotive call to the troops. Shakespeare’s HENRY V sees the English forces taking the battle to the French.

In the current Bell …

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son of a gun

Son of a Gun minor (6)

SON OF A GUN is a tense heist thriller, prison drama, love story, double crossing, crime gang, character driven movie.

What sets this movie apart from the usual explosive action films are the well drawn, engaging characters. It is not …

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charitable intent

A conniving, narcissistic, backstabbing bitch is the central character in the final play in David Williamson’s Jack Manning trilogy. Bryony (Catherine McGraffin) has been appointed as CEO of a charity and her modern corporate methods cause conflict with the staid, …

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storytiller

John Knowles’ one man show draws extensively from his childhood in Nova Scotia. The rambling monologue features many tales of his father, who ran away from home when he was fourteen to become a cowboy in the Rocky Mountains, his …

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a conversation

A murder and rape is the catalyst for the community justice forum portrayed in the second part of David Williamson’s Jack Manning Trilogy, A CONVERSATION

This play follows a similar format to the first part of the trilogy, Face to

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the wharf review 2014

THE OPEN FOR BUSINESS set had a Monopoly board backdrop and floor with a variety of topical squares to land on:- Go To ICAC, Australian Water Holdings, Catholic Church, Slush Fund, Salvos and the Commission Into Union Corruption were some …

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face to face

FACE TO FACE is one of David Williamson’s plays from his Jack Manning Trilogy. The Trilogy is based on community conferencing, where victims and perpetrators of a crime are brought together to attempt to achieve a resolution and to avoid …

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danny and the deep blue sea

Staging theatre in a pub is a good fit. Drama and bars complement each other well and the performance of John Patrick Shanley’s 30 year old New York play DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA in the Roxbury Hotel, St …

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the lunchbox

Simple handwritten notes lead to an unlikely romance in this exquisite film. Given the subject matter it is delightful that the strength of this film is the excellent writing of Rutvik Oza and writer director Ritesh Batra. I like the …

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