In time and histrionics, CLOUD ATLAS (MA) is off the map.
A screen writing directorial collaboration between Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings hosts a time travel turkey that resembles poor pantomime with the Dame played by Hugo Weaving.
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From the hilarious MR PISSED to the dark and troubled world of COMA SUTRA, comes the eclectic mix of eleven plays presented at the 8th week of Short & Sweet festival.
MR PISSED, cleverly written by Phil Watson, is presented
11-year-old Emory loves to practise ribbon dancing on his nanna’s chicken farm and dreams only of a life in musical theatre, as a vegan. He desperately wants to save his best friend, Linda, the sad chicken who dabbles in stand-up
SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC returns to Sydney’s State Theatre with the same winning formula as in previous years. When a fan’s knowledge of any classic film is paramount, their avowed contribution to an audience-interaction event also elaborates on the flow
A famous director and teacher, Hayes Gordon, once said the best thing a theatre group can aspire to, apart from entertain, is to somehow get the audience to take another look at life, to perhaps send the audience out at
A smorgasbord of humour, hysteria, absurdity, melancholy and mayhem is on offer for Week 7 of “Short & Sweet” festival.
The eleven plays chosen for this week are all impressive – well crafted and performed.
The final play on the
A chaotically funny play, both vigorous and spirited, describes David Earle’s POSTNUPTIALS. The Californian born playwright has written a zany comedy of errors- of people in the wrong place at the same time. Showing as part of the 2013 Mardi
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Geoffrey Atherden is a multi-award winning Australian writer, best
THE HISTORY BOYS was written by Alan Bennett, one of the great British playwrights of our time. His career took off following the success of ‘Beyond The Fringe’, which he co-wrote with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller for
In a brief chat after the show, seven year veteran Writer/Director James Balian said,”You’ve got to write about what you know about.” Not original but very true in this Week 6 group of short plays. Subjects and weight of the