The Phantom first appeared in 1909 in a French novel by Gaston Leroux. In 1925 a silent version of the Phantom was released starring Lon Chaney in his most acclaimed role. It was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s creative genius to perceive …
A comedy about real estate agents could follow many trajectories.
I expected it to pillory the archetypical pushy, brash,
shallow and deceptive agent who you can tell is lying
by the fact that his lips are moving. Instead NICK …
The subject of Dylan Van Den Berg’s WHITEFELLA YELLA TREE is the distressing impact of colonisation on indigenous life and culture.
Van Den Berg’s play is set in the early 19th century as British settlements increasingly encroached on Aboriginal lands. …
Above : Blake Bowden as Raoul and Amy Manford as Christine Photo credit : Daniel Boud
Every decent opera house needs a Phantom. Finally it is Sydney Opera House’s turn, with the enduring Andrew Lloyd Webber franchise to play until …
Unlike most TV to stage adaptations, KEEPING UP APPEARANCES is not a stage version of episodes we have seen on the box, but a made for stage script, set at the local dramatic society, merging characters familiar from the series, …
I knew Jonathon Blain, the subject of Veronica Nadine Gleeson’s play.
He was a regular visitor to a house I lived in in Adelaide many years ago.
I remember his lovely smile and his soft nature.
Jonathon sold me …
Once in your lifetime, you must see these highly entertaining COME YOU SPIRITS productions, of these two tragedy plays by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Most especially when performed inside the magical space that is THE COAL LOADER in WAVERTON. YES it …
Elaine Paton’s THROUGH THE CRACKS is a theatrical crime-style investigation that dives deep into issues of ageing, identity and homelessness, as Inspector Tilly leads an enquiry into the true-life disappearance of her alter ego, Elaine.
The audience enters the Incident …
Headliners couldn’t get more switched on than our host, then in glittering sparkle red tails Andrew Denton tumbled in. Seemed we were in for it. Presented as the night the stars come out to play, and proudly sponsoring and fundraising …