I have seen a lot of politically based theatre of late. Much of it has been good. I definitely broke the trend when I went to see Rebecca Clarke’s autobiographical play ‘Unspoken’ at the Old Fitzroy. This was theatre of
In the new French film ‘A Common Thread’ headstrong Claire learns that she is five months pregnant at the age of 17. Claire decides to give birth in secret. Her passion for embroidery leads her to seek out the revered
Slot in ‘A Lot Like Love’, the new American film, as a a fun romantic movie, a good date film. The film charts the course of the friendship/relationship between two young Americans- in their twenties-Emily Friehl and Oliver Martin over
Suzan-Lori Parkes’s play ‘In The Blood’, Belvoir’s B Sharp’s latest production, uses Nathaniel Hawthorne’s literary classic ‘The Scarlet Letter’ as a springboard to the contemporary tale of its of its main character, Hester La Negrita. The play is Hester’s story,
It is in the nature of lighthouses that they have a mystical quality. There is definitely more than a few plays to be had about lighthouses. Currently playing at the Stables theatre is Verity Laughton’s play ‘The Lightkeeper’, a play
Year after year Belvoir’s B Sharp program continues to come up with interesting theatre. The latest offering is ‘My Arm’, a local production of a fringe play from Britain. Tim Crouch originally wrote and performed ‘My Arm’ in the UK,
I saw the new German film ‘Willenbrock’ at the German Film Festival and, as yet, has not received a commercial release.
Where to fit this in on the radar map?! A corker of a psychological drama with the thriller element
The Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Michael Frayn’s ‘Democracy’ at its new Sydney Theatre has been one of the best things in theatre this year. British director Michael Blakemore came out to direct the play as he did with a
The arthouse Scottish film ‘Young Adam’ had a high reading on the drama/thriller meter.’Young Adam’ is set in the Glasgow of the early 1950s. The film is basically a four hander. The main character is Joe, a rootless, aimless young
There are times when theatre is quite simply just a little bit of magic. Such is the case with the Glen Street Theatre’s presentation of Melbourne playwright Robert Hewitt’s ‘The Blonde, The Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead’, a one woman