With his play SUNDAY, Australian playwright Anthony Weigh has written a very evocative play inspired by the Heidi Circle, a free spirited artist community. Weigh in his program note makes it clear that his play is not biographical, “There are …
FREE this weekend, audiences all around the world can stream NYE starring Michael Sheen on YouTube for FREE, hosted by the streaming service NATIONAL THEATRE AT HOME. This is a great opportunity for audiences to experience filmed theatre, at …
My friend and I were more than a bit blue in spirits when we took our seats in the beautiful, ornate Great Synagogue to hear a concert by one of Australia’s finest pianists Simon Tedeschi and two of his very …
Sydney theatregoers, who always keep an eye on the best to come out of Broadway, have been busy securing seats to see DEAR EVAN HANSEN, (book by Steven Levenson, music and lyrics by Ben Pasek and Justin Paul with orchestrations …
For many Catholics, devout \ `practising \ lapsed, this could be an emotive and evocative title for a show; let alone a clever play on words. Interesting how so many of our well used idiomatic sayings, especially the old ones, …
As the presence of a woman, alone in the space, elastic and coming to terms. By the flip of a coin all is justified it seems. Such is the beginning of a gathering …
The Gala performance of SIX drew an eclectic crowd as the infamous tale of King Henry VIII’s six wives was retold from the perspective of the women that history remembers more for the man they all married than for the…
Theatre history is replete with fierce, volcanic women. Think Medea, Clytemnestra, Lady Macbeth and Phedre. You can add Scandanavian playwright Henrik Ibsen to this list. These are not the kind of women you would invite to a dinner party!
Ibsen …
Australian playwright Sam O’Sullivan’s new comedy MCGUFFIN PARK is set in the world of local government politics. I can think of more exciting places to write about. Having covered local council rounds in my early years as a journalist, local …
Above: Rhiannon Lidbury as Olive and Danika Rojas as Pearce. Featured image: Key creative Megan Robinson in the role of Callie. Photo credit: Jesse Jay.
A new Australian musical, complete with local frankness, a complex story told with fearless nuance …