Lynne Lancaster

Cinema

much ado about nothing

la-et-joss-whedon

‘The course of true love never did run smooth’.

Sorry folks but I apparently have to go against the tide of what seems to be general opinion and admit I was a little disappointed with this new version by Joss …

Theatre

hot shoe shuffle

HSS Tap bros on tap truck jazz hands-002

They don’t make them like this anymore. Musical theatre fans will adore this. It’s hard to believe that this is HOT SHOE SHUFFLE’s 21st anniversary revival!  It’s one of those ‘old fashioned’ feel –good ‘let’s put on a show’ …

Opera

the force of destiny

THE FORCE OF DESTINY

Love, blood, honour, revenge and an obsession with death are the main themes of this long, verbose and at times strangely disturbing work rarely seen here in Sydney.

Set in the mid eighteenth  century , this production is visually dominated …

Cinema

bolshoi’s romeo and juliet

With its lavish costumes and superb dancing I see this production as an interesting but a little disappointing introduction to a balletic Romeo and Juliet. Based on Shakespeare’s play this is a revival of the 1978 version Grigorovich created for …

Theatre

a song to sing o

Kicking off the ‘Cabaret in the Day’ season at Mosman Art Gallery was a one off performance of the magnificent A SONG TO SING O , written and directed by Melvyn Morrow and here featuring the splendid talents of Savoy …

Theatre

othello

OTHELLO

O most noble, brave and valiant Othello!

Explosively powerful this is a striking, unusual production prominently featuring water. Wonderful Sport by Jove under the inspired direction of Matt Edgerton bring us a gripping performance with a magnificent cast and show …

Cinema, Opera

becoming traviata

This superb, enthralling film will have opera and theatre people agog. One of the many films of this year’s Sydney Film Festival it came under their ‘Sounds on Screen’ section. It is a fascinating insight, a unique documentary behind the …

Dance

nederlands dans theater 2

nederlands-dans-theater-2

We have been privileged to see a program of four very strong contrasting works as performed by the excellent young dancers of NDT 2 ( The ‘second company’ so to speak of Nederlands Dans Theater).

First up was the magnificent …

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