Shakira Clanton is outstanding In Henrietta Baird’s harrowing one-woman play, THE WEEKEND. She dances, swears, laughs and cries as she tells Lara’s story of her search, in various pockets of Redfern, for her wayward husband. She embodies the voices …
Seeing as much independent theatre as I do, I often encounter the rage of all women balled into a tight little fist and raised above head height. Wrathfully expleted over 90 minutes, DEER WOMAN is the female fury, sudden or …
THE CHAT. As the audience enters the theatre space we are directed to our seats by the performers, a mix of ex-offenders and actors, who chat amongst us till the sound of a shredding machine signifies the start of the …
Not so such much a runaway hit as a stay-in-the-neighbourhood hit, IN THE HEIGHTS as directed by Luke Joslin brings a Washington Heights alive in a vibrant, energetic production with the closeness of community at its heart. No mean feat …
Sure to be one of the big hits of the Sydney Festival, SHANGHAI MIMI is a lush, well- conceptualised production. It has terrific attention to detail in the creation of the space and artists of considerable skill and charisma. If …
With garbage cans and fruit crates, mirror balls galore and a popping neon sign, PIGALLE, playing at the Spiegeltent for the Sydney Festival, is a magnificent seat boppin’ reminder of why disco lives. Heartbeats pound in rhythm with the bliss …
The 2019 Sydney Festival has started with a bang and one of the major events is the Australian premiere of La Passion de Simone . Written by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, with a libretto in French by Amin Maaloufit it …
This Australian premiere production is a co-production involving Quiptake, Pandemic Theatre and the Theatre Centre, Canada. DAUGHTER, written and performed by Adam Lazarus and directed by Ann-Marie Kerr, is a collaboration uniting the three organisations’ shared values of complex, …
Last night’s audience certainly loved it. ROCK BANG is sure to be a huge hit during the Sydney Festival. Circus pings all the pleasure spots and nothing pleases like Circus Oz who have been leaping flying tumbling innovators for over …
A bell tolls and Camille O’Sullivan steps from the audience onto the stage of the Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent in a shimmering self-made midnight blue/black cat suit topped with a black cape. From that moment this consummate performer holds the audience …