a midsummer’s night dream @ the guild theatre

Welcome to the brightest and most magical of Shakespeare’s comedies. The action takes place in ancient times in Athens in two locations, Duke Theseus’ palace and the surrounding forest.

Four Elizabethan lovers flee into the woods, and become victims of

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a chorus line : plenty of razzle dazzle @ ipac

In Richard Harris’ epic, evergreen pop song MacArthur’s Park the firebrand performer and songwriter sang about a relationship in these metaphorical terms, and I paraphrase, ‘I have made the perfect cake, but I left out in the rain, and it

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shirley valentine @ the ensemble theatre

I was a little wary before I went to see this latest show at the Ensemble. I’ve seen a few Shirley Valentine’s over the years, and like many have seen the very popular film version. I’m pleased to say that

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romeo and juliet improvised: post haste players

The Post-Haste Players‘ ROMEO AND JULIET IMPROVISED is  not Shakespeare as you know it. It may not even be Shakespeare ‘as you like it’, but the capacity audience at the Factory Theatre on Wednesday night 16 May certainly did …

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hart: she said theatre at casula powerhouse

There is weight upon the broad shoulders of the man whose back is turned to us as we enter the theatre.  Inside an ash circle on the ground, his shadow cuts the line in places and its roundness is incomplete.  …

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she stoops to conquer – plot twists and turns

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER is part romantic comedy and part Comedy of Manners by the Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. It was originally called Mistakes of a Night, for its rather convoluted plot unravels …

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