David Williamson’s play TRAVELLING NORTH is now 35 years old. Many people will know this piece from the film adaptation which starred the late Leo McKern as the larrakin, left wing, classical music loving Aussie, Frank. For the current Sydney …
It is hard to believe that this is the bicentenary of the first production of this work, and that it has been rarely performed. An absolute musical and visual treat, a hilarious blaze of slapstick and colour, ‘The Turk in …
Where was I?… I should know because I was there! Oh, yes, The Old Fitzroy to see John Derum strut his stuff as “Slips” Cordon in LEGEND! “Slips” Cordon – A Safe Pair of Hands.
The title is ironic as …
In 1976, ROCKY won the Oscar for Best Picture. It beat TAXI DRIVER.
Star of ROCKY, Sylvester Stallone and star of TAXI DRIVER, Robert de Niro were in contention for best actor. They were pushed out of the ring by …
“You’re an exceptional Nigger, but I fear nothing good will come of it.” quoth plantation owner Ford (Benedict Cumberbatch) to Solomon Northrup (Chiwetel Ejiofor).
Solomon is the virtuoso violinist from upstate New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery …
What a great story for a leading Australian theatre company like the Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) to tell at this time! And what timing! Whilst the show was still playing, on Australia’s Day, Koori AFL star Adam Goodes was announced …
“Who is it that can tell me who I am?” asks Lear.
“Lear’s shadow”, replies the fool.
THE SHADOW KING is the apt title of an adaptation of King Lear by Tom E. Lewis and Michael Kantor.
Set in Northern …
Fuckin’ excessive in four letter expletives, pharmaceutically profligate and big bladder testing in its running time, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET is cinema onomatopoeia as it becomes its own subject, seduced by what its depicting, a Faustian bargain of a …
OTHELLO THE REMIX, written, directed and music by GQ and JQ and developed with Rick Benyon, was a rap and hip hop version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.
The production featured an all male cast who also cover the female roles.…
‘Melancholy’ is the title of Meg’s autobiographical novel that has brought her fame and a tilt at the Booker Prize, and which sets the sparks flying within her family in leading Australian playwright Hannie Rayson’s 1990 play, HOTEL SORRENTO. It …