Author Archives: lisathatcher

November 09

Dalylight Saving – Nick Enright and the dominance of the sitcom. (Theatre review)

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Daylight Saving Darlinghurst Theatre Company Eternity Playhouse, 31 October to 30 November – You can grab your Tickets here. Why do we leave our marriages? Rarely, and usually restricted to the hallowed halls of abandon in Las Vegas, do we enter into marriage lightly. It is something talked over with everyone we love, it is […]

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November 08

Amadeus – Genesian Theatre, Envy, Jealousy and Disbelief. (Theatre review)

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Amadeus Genesian Theatre October 25 to November 29 2014 – You can grab your tickets here. Is there any greater mental curse than living with the juxtaposition of reaching for a genius you know alludes you and competing against an Other who reaches that genius with ease? The thing most creators who harbour a desire […]

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November 06

1790: A Tale Not Often Told – Theatre interview with director Pete Malicki.

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1790: A Tale Not Often Told 13 – 15 November, Lend Lease Darling Quarter Theatre You can grab your tickets here. http://www.foundingmodernaustralia.com.au The story of Arthur Phillip, first governor of NSW and founder of the settlement now known to us as Sydney, and Woollarawarre Bennelong of the Eora nation and their friendship, is a multilayered […]

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November 05

November Spawned a Monster – Alex Broun and the existential Leap. (Theatre Review)

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November Spawned a Monster Old Fitzroy Theatre 28 October to 15 November – You can grab your tickets here.  If there is one experience that unites us in our youth, it is self loathing. We will never hate ourselves as much in our lives as we do under the age of thirty. The youthful passion […]

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November 03

Kill The Messenger – Michael Cuesta and journalistic Integrity (Film Review)

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If the general appeal of journalism is it’s necessity in a democracy to reveal a truth to voting citizens, then the corollary is also true, that anything a journalist has to say must be carefully fact checked on behalf of the enormous power the written word in a reputable newspaper commands. It is good that […]

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November 02

30 Years Ago Today – The Killing Fields. (Film Review)

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I was surprised to find in my research for this post, that The Killing Fields rarely makes it in any “top lists” of war films, at least in those up to one hundred, which is as rich an indicator as you’ll find of the banality of internet “lists”, and their overall status as gatekeepers against […]

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October 28

Lisa Chat’s with Alex Broun, writer of November Spawned a Monster. (Theatre Interview)

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November Spawned a Monster Old Fitzroy Theatre 28 October through to 15 November – You can grab your tickets here Mickey’s is an iconic Sydney institution these days, the kind of address you can invite someone to by saying “lets meet at that red cafe on Oxford Street!” It’s been there forever, and for a […]

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October 27

Decoding Annie Parker – women helping women. (Film review)

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There are many reasons why films exist, and just because it isn’t likely to be a brilliant work of art, doesn’t mean a film doesn’t have a role to play in it’s ability to connect people to each other and to important subject matter. Decoding Annie Parker has a great cast, an impossibly interesting true […]

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October 22

Howie The Rookie – Toby Schmitz makes a silk purse from a sow’s ear. (Theatre Review)

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Howie The Rookie Red Line Productions and Strange Duck Productions Old Fitzroy Theatre 30 September to 25 October. You can buy your tickets here. In his book ‘Theatre,’ David Mamet, unsurprisingly argues the case against the engaged theatre director, claiming that the biggest contribution they could possibly make is to get out of the way […]

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October 20

Him – Coleman Grehan’s Barney-esque Butoh at PACT. (Theatre Review)

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Him PACT Centre for Emerging Artists Sydney Fringe Festival During the recent Sydney Fringe Festival, I was able to catch a remarkable show titled “Him” at the PACT theatre. Him is a forty minute (or so) Butoh inspired theatre dance piece devised and performed by Coleman Grehan. Grehan is a talented young musician and theatre […]

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