I have seen a lot of bio/tribute shows over the years. Madeleine Wighton’s show A LIFE HALF LIVED : THE NATALIE WOOD STORY stands tall amongst them.
Wighton comes on to the stage as Natalie Wood. We learn a lot …
English Professor Vivian Bearing, just fifty years old, is at her wit’s end when she is told by her Doctor that she has stage four ovarian cancer. She has to enter hospital straight away to commence chemotherapy treatment.
We watch …
Australian author and playwright, Dymphna Cusak wrote MORNING SACRIFICE, her female concentric play in 1942. All of its many concerns, do remain very very relevant today. Entertaining theatre drama that asks a question about the human condition. There are fundamental …
Adolescent crushes, with the hormones going crazy, on pop stars are, relatively speaking, common place. The crush that Edna has on pop star Harry is on the extreme spectrum. She has complete belief that she will meet him and have …
A prancing pig, a choreographed cow and a cavorting cat inflating balloons and fashioning them into phallic representations punctuate the pentagon of monologues in SLAUGHTERHOUSE, a Rashomon styled narrative telling the tale of a retaliatory act of violence at an …
This was a bit of fun put on by a group of women for the Festival. It ‘documents’ wayward experiences on the net via scenes unfolding on stage as well as video footage played out on a screen set up …
Co Producer Louise Withers introduced the Media Call by stressing the relevance of Billy Elliot’s themes.
They included the importance of family, the community and loss thereof, following one’s dreams, the need for tolerance, compassion and understanding and the importance …
This is a fun show about Sam, a restaurant reservationist in a very busy restaurant in Sydney. Through the show her phone, more to the point phones, run hot with people wanting to book a table when the restaurant is …
In Sally Alrich-Smythe’s HOMESICK we meet Sam, a young woman going through a turbulent time in her life.
She has always fancied herself as a muso and has picked up a good local following. Sam wants more, she has come …
Tonight, Darlinghurst Theatre Company announced its 2020 season. The season will include two world premieres, one Australian premiere, two musicals and festivals created by some of Australia’s most talented theatre makers.
The season will open with the hugely successful queer …