Category Archives: Articles

July 20

Beirut Adrenaline – Lisa Chats with Anna Jahjah. (Theatre interview)

Beirut Adrenaline starts at Belvoir downstairs on July 27. It is directed by Anah Jahjah and presented by Théâtre Excentrique as part of their committment to bringing thrilling theatre to Sydney stages that encourages us to examine opposites see the world around us from a variety of perspectives. Beirut Adrenaline will be staged in English for […]

July 11

Low Level Panic – Lisa chats with Geraldine Hakewill (Theatre interview)

Low Level Panic at The Old Fitz Theatre is one of the most anticipated indie theatre events of 2016. Its presented by Thread Entertainment and Red Line Productions and directed by Justin Martin. Here’s the blurb from the Old Fitz website: Here is a careful examination of the role of pornography in our society and […]

July 04

Low Level Panic – Lisa chats with Justin Martin (Theatre interview)

Low Level Panic at The Old Fitz Theatre is one of the most anticipated indie theatre events of 2016. Its presented by Thread Entertainment and Red Line Productions and directed by Justin Martin. Here’s the blurb from the Old Fitz website: Here is a careful examination of the role of pornography in our society and […]

April 22

A Man Walks Into A Bar – Optimism and faith when joking at the local. (Theatre review)

A Man Walks Into A Bar Off the Avenue Productions at Blood Moon Theatre 21 April – 7 May You can grab your tickets here. Photo credits: Angie Carmen Photography “A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein What is a bar but the ultimate combination of […]

April 21

Shut Up and Drive; or Sex, Liberty and the Automobile – Love and Lust with our cars. (Theatre Review)

Shut Up And Drive; or Sex, Liberty and the Automobile Subtlenuance in associatin with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company. 9-23 April, King Cross Theatre. You can grab your tickets here.    “After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident.” Crash (J.G. Ballard) Shut Up And Drive […]

April 20

The Best Brothers – Language as the vehicle for the unsayable. (Theatre Review)

The Best Brothers Old 505 Theatre, 5 Eliza Street 13 – 30 April 2016. You can grab your tickets here. It was Wittgenstein who gave us the idea that a seemingly rash run of gibberish may be philosophically illuminating. More than this, seeing language used in a context, and understanding that context matters, may lead […]

April 18

Theatre I missed: Space Cats (Theatre review)

Sometimes I see performances and for various reasons are not able to review within the limited run of the show. If the show is something special, I still like to write about it – even if I’m playing catch up. Space Cats 505 Theatre Find out more about Space Cats here. Photo Credits Andre Vasquez […]

April 03

Metamorphosis – The story that transforms itself, the production that transforms the story. (Theatre Review)

Metamorphosis Throwing Shade Theatre Company The Fuse Box Studio, The Factory Theatre, 31 March – 2 April Metamorphosis is now closed, but you can get more info about possible future shows here. It is accepted that one of the many great talents of Franz Kafka is that he created his own past, his own predecessors. […]

March 21

Bully Boy – What we do when we send our troops to war. (Theatre Review)

Bully Boy A Night of Play theatre company. 10 – 26 March Blood Moon Theatre, The World Bar. You can grab your tickets here. At one crucial point in Bully Boy, Major Oscar Hadley (Jaymie Knight) sits beside Private Eddie Clark (Patrick Cullen) on a plane reading ‘Civilization and its Discontents’ while the young Private […]

March 20

That Eye The Sky – Does Tim Winton need a little realism with his magic? (Theatre Review)

That Eye,The Sky New Theratre, 15 March to 16 April 2016 You can Grab your tickets here. Photos by Bob Seary When Patrick White lamented in 1958 the absence of a complex and mature Australian literary system, he said: “In all directions stretched the Great Australian Emptiness, in which the mind is the least of […]