The Shoehorn Sonata Squeaky Dog Productions. Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre (782 Kingsway, Gymea, Sydney). 3-9 February 2017 (At the time of posting this review, this run is complete, but there will be more shows. To find out where, click here.) It was Winston Churchill who said “History is written by the victors.” […]
Author Archives: lisathatcher
February
14
The Shoehorn Sonata – History on the tellers lips. (Theatre Review)
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February
01
Osama The Hero – The danger of the stupid. (Theatre Review)
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Osama The Hero Tooth and Sinew in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre co. KXT from January 21 through to Feb 4 You can grab your tickets here The irony is, what defines “In-Yer-Face” theatre is its ability (or rather its desire) to defy categorisation. Simultaneous with its recognition and labelling comes its refusal of conceptualisation as […]
January
24
Which Way Home – The language we use to talk to our-self. (Theatre Review)
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Which Way Home Belvoir Theatre An ILBIJERRI Theatre Company production in association with Belvoir & Sydney Festival You can grab your tickets here. Control of the narrative is surely one of the most important modern battles for the developed world. We are seeing this problem exposed at its most crude with the imposition of “fake […]
January
10
Ladies In Black – Language reveals its creative beauty and stylish prison. (Theatre review)
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“A clever girl is the most wonderful thing in Creation you know; you must never forget that. People expect men to be clever. They expect girls to be stupid or at least silly, which very few girls really are, but most girls oblige them by acting like it. So you just go away and be […]
December
30
Circus 1903 – The lost circus narrative captured in beauty. (Theatre Review)
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Circus 1903 The Sydney Opera House Dec 18-29 2016 The Regent Theatre Melbourne Jan 3 – 12 2017 You can grab tickets for both here. The Circus has undergone so many changes and controversies over its 250 modern history, not the least of which has been the transformation of its audiences. From the pre-modern format, […]
December
09
The Taming of The Shrew – What do we do with Shakespeare now that he’s so tamed? (Theatre review)
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The Taming of the Shrew Montague Basement and PACT theatre 29 November – 10 December at PACT theatre You can grab your tickets here. Image credits: Zaina Ahmed At the time of Shakespeare, nearly all the marriages were two stage processes. First a binding domestic contract of obligation within the families and secondly a religious […]
December
09
Relatively Speaking – Speaking with each other, relatively. (Theatre review)
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Relatively Speaking The Ensemble Theatre, 18 November to 14 January You can grab your tickets here Images: With its shades of Wilde’s Importance of being Earnest, Alan Ayckbourn manages to avoid the social timing of his 1965 play taking precedence over the verbal acrobatics, which marks his play as different from its inspiration. There is […]
December
06
Elle – The story of woman, such that it is. (Film Review)
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I’ve had some large scale personal projects this year that have prevented me from reviewing films. But there are a couple of 2016 film experiences I think are important, so I will address a few of them before the year is out. Elle (Please note! This review contains spoilers) Our first encounter with Michèle LeBlanc […]
December
05
Ghostbusters – Ten reasons the 2016 Ghostbusters is better than the 1984 original. (film review)
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I’ve had some large scale personal projects this year that have prevented me from reviewing films. But there are a couple of 2016 film experiences I think are important, so I will address a few of them before the year is out. Ghostbusters Initially I was just going to ignore the hate around the 2016 […]
December
02
Morgan Stern – the clinic, madness and the mirror. (Theatre review)
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Morgan Stern Company of Rogues and Blood Moon Theatre 23 November to 3 December You can grab your tickets here Photo credits – Chrissie Ianssen “The clinic—constantly praised for its empiricism, the modesty of its attention, and the care with which it silently lets things surface to the observing gaze without disturbing them with discourse—owes its […]
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