a view of concrete

The title gives it all away in Gareth Ellis’s contemporary play ‘A View Of Concrete’.
This is a very bleak, gritty drama. Needless to say there’s just not one thing pretty about it. It’s not what everyone will look at,

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view from the bridge

The steady, uncomplicated life of David Field as Brooklyn longshoreman Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller’s classic drama A View From The Bridge comes unstuck with the arrival of two of his wife Beatrice’s (Toni Scanlan) relatives- her cousins Marco (Glenn

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little women

In the mood for a good musical theatre, then go no further than the Kookaburra Theatre Company’s production of Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Little Women’.

‘Little Women’ tells the story of the four March sisters, promarily through the eyes of Jo,

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towelhead

Summer Bishil and Aaron Eckhart

In the mood to see something gutsy and controversial, then go no further than Alan Ball’s ‘Towelhead’, an adaptation of the novel by Alicia Erian. You can still catch Ball’s film at Darlinghurst Verona’s cinema.

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busting out

Emma Powell and Bev Killick

What can you expect if you get some tickets to go and see ‘Busting Out’ this weekend at the Parade Theatre, Kensington?! The short answer is you’re going to have some fun, and you’re going

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by jeeves

Mark the Genesian Theatre Company’s production ‘By Jeeves’ down as a show to see when you’re in the mood for seeing a light, fun and quick witted musical. It of-course helps if you’re a fan of the works of the

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mary stuart

The Ensemble Theatre’s new play, Mark Kilmurry’s production of the great German playwright Fredriech Schiller’s ‘Mary Stuart’, as adapted by Peter Oswald, is one of Sydney’s current hot tickets.

This show pretty much has it all. Schiller’s play is the

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the convict’s opera

If you’re after a passionate, rollicking night in the theatre then look further than ‘The Convict’s Opera’, currently playing at the Sydney Theatre.

‘The Convict’s Opera’, based on John Gay’s classic play, ‘The Beggar’s Opera’, is a co-production of the

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wrong turn at lungfish

The Ensemble Theatre’s current play ‘Wrong Turn at Lungfish’ is my personal favourite of this years’ Ensemble productions.

The play by two of America’s leading scriptwriters, Garry Marshall and Lowell Ganz, tells a familiar enough story. John McTernan plays Peter

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all my friends are leaving brisbane

‘All my Friends are leaving Brisbane’, directed by Louise Alston and written by Stephen Vagg,
is a sweet film about how a close friendship between a young man and woman turns into romantic love.

The film is set in contemporary

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