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The Canterbury Tales
When Geoffrey Chaucer published The Canterbury Tales in the 14th century, it's unlikely he envisioned that a wig would take on a character of its...
Numbered Lives: Stylish Shadows, Unsteady Steps
What a night of spectacle the global premiere of Numbered Lives turned out to be. Wrapped in black-tie elegance at Melbourne’s Crown (though with more...
Jane “Meta” Austen
This is not your typical Jane Austen show. This is meta chaos. Act I is what you would expect from anything attached to Jane Austen...
Ms Julie Gabler: Trapped
Ms Julie Gabler: Trapped is a reimagining of Shakespeare's Othello, set in a modern Australian household with a diverse cast of intense characters. Han...
She Works Hard For (No) Money: A Reality Delivered With Precise Hilarity
She Works Hard For (No) Money is an ode to the superheroes in our lives: the women that make magic seem real when everything is...
Betrayal
Watching Sport for Jove’s production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, now playing at the Old Fitz Theatre, I ran through alternative titles for the piece in...
Beauty and the Beast
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast musical enchants audiences with its lavish production, values and timeless storytelling at Crown Perth. The latest staging, f...
A Clever Tour de Force, Full Of Surprises
Stepping through a light haze in Chapel Off Chapel's Loft, into the twilight world of The Forgotten Songbook instantly transports the audience to bygone er...
Still Savouring: Castle Hill Players’ Tender and Sweet Production of ‘The Last Five Years’
'The Last Five Years' is an ambitious show to take on; a Jason Robert Brown score is no tame beast, and the intimate vulnerability required...
The Golden Shine of Trophy Boys – at Carriageworks
The setting for Trophy Boys at Carriageworks was simple. A spinning whiteboard, and high school tables and chairs; a typical classroom. However, the themes...
Blood Wedding: Picking at a Scab Until it Bleeds
Bloody and haunting, Blood Wedding is a tale of star-crossed lovers, and the carnage that begets their ill-fated romance. This play is chilling, a glimpse...
Plied and Prejudice
The court was certainly aflutter during Plied and Prejudice, a racy adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Featuring five unhinged acto...
