The Sydney Theatre Company has produced a sparkling production of Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST.
The tale of two rich and spoilt bachelors and their pursuit of their loves Gwendolen and Cecily through needless deception, all overseen …
I should state my preference in theatre straight away. I love works of Sturm and Drang, those works with plenty of dramatic action and high emotionalism. It is with this preference in mind that the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of …
Italian playwright Dario Fo, 1997 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is essentially a writer of farce. His wit and humour successfully both cloud and enhance his deep political undertones.
‘NO PAY? NO WAY!’ (“Sotto Paga! Non Si Paga!”), …
All the good scriptwriting theory says that conflict is always at the heart of every good drama. Let it be said that there was plenty of conflict and heat in this production. This play explores one of history’s great rivalries. …
Kate Mulvany is the new Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellow and Debra Thomas has won the 2014 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award Kate Mulvany has been announced as the latest recipient of STC’s Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellowship at a special event held …
This new production of Andrew Bovell’s brilliant debut comedy AFTER DINNER makes a perfect fit for the wonderful Sydney summer that we are having.
I strongly recommend a visit to the Wharf, one of Sydney’s finest theatre venues, enjoying a …
This can be called one of Shakespeare’s ‘problem plays’ as it is full of both intense psychological drama yet also is lyrical, rustic and has a romantic happy ending. In some ways it is almost in effect two separate plays, …
Prostitution as a means of empowering women is a contentious notion even now, let alone in 1893 when MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION was written by Dublin-born social reformer George Bernard Shaw (who also wrote PYGMALION). No wonder it was banned from
Prominent contemporary American playwright Sarah Ruhl chose a great subject, a quirky, little known medical sidelight from history, for her new play “IN THE NEXT ROOM or THE VIBRATOR PLAY” and out of it has created a tremendous, often hilarious …