American playwright Joannna McClelland Glass’s play ‘Trying’ was one the most touching and gently humorous plays of the year so far. The play was performed at the Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli.
The playwright took from her own life the story for
The British film ‘Driving Lessons’ was a treat. The scenario tells of a shy teenager, 18 year old Ben Marshall, in the midst of taking driving lessons, who endeavours to escape from the influence of his domineering mother, Evie. His
There is a new Wayne Tunks play ‘Unrequited’ playing at the Newtown Theatre. Tunks is one of the most prolific local theatre writers, his plays always focus on the quirkiness in relationships.
Plays include such like ‘The Bridesmaid must die’
Tony Laumberg’s seventh play ‘My Fair Lawyer’ keeps up the playwright’s tradition of writing light, entertaining theatre.
The new scenario features two of Laumberg’s regular characters, the forever at odds, Henry and Margaret Crowley, and the playwright has added two
The inaugural production of Meow Media, a new company on the Sydney Theatre scene, was Peter Straughan’s ‘Noir’. Straughan is a British playwright, with credits including ‘Bones’. ‘Three Bad Men’ and ‘A Rhyme for Orange’. His specialty is dark, twisted
The Sydney Theatre Company put on a very short season of Tom Wright and Nicholas Harrington’s play, ‘This is a True Story’ before it was about to transfer for a London season.
With stories about David Hicks and the like
Carla Moore’s group devised play and production, ‘Over the Moon and Far Away- The Woman Interned Project’ at NIDA’s Parade Theatre was a moving historical drama. The play was set in a one woman’s Prisoner of War camp in Java
Prolific local playwright Alana Valentine’s new play ‘Parramatta Girls’ was a tough but life affirming play about a tough subject matter.
Valentine’s play dramatises the real life stories of ex-inmates from the defunct women’s correctional institution, the Girls Training School
JoMax productions and the Seymour Centre recently presented the Australian premiere of American playwright James Sherman’s play, ‘From Door to Door’.
I saw Moira Blumenthal’s production of Sherman’s play within a month of having seen David Williamson’s play, ‘Lotte’s Gift’
The Genesian Theatre Company’s recent production of ‘The Tempest’, directed by Roger Gimblett, was a high spirited, good natured production.
The story to ‘The Tempest’ is that twelve years prior to the play commencing Prospero, the Duke of Milan and