Motherhood Out Loud Insomniac Theatre (buy tickets here) March 19 – April 6 2014 It seems at its surface, that we talk about parenting constantly, but like our perpetual discussion of sex, it is not so much quantity but quality that defines the value of the public discourse; Sometimes the endless conversation is there to […]
Category Archives: Theatre
March
21
Motherhood Out Loud – Insomniac Theatre says the unsayable as we laugh. (Theatre review)
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March
20
The Drowsy Chaperone – Squabbalogic raise the standard for independent theatre. (Theatre review)
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The Drowsy Chaperone Squabbalogic Theatre Company (buy tickets here) March 14 – April 6 2014 At its surface, The Drowsy Chaperone is an almost flawless piece of theater into which Squabbalogic manages to incorporate a low-budget-ness, seamlessly including what they can’t afford into its identity. It’s very intelligently interpreted, working to its limitations by choosing […]
March
17
Heaven Help Us – Keith Bosler offers up a guilty little pleasure. (Theatre review)
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Heaven Help Us Gherkin Global Bordello Theatre – Grab Tickets here. Keith Bosler, playwright, performer and all round funny guy, takes advantage of a thematically familiar plot to playfully wise-crack in Heaven Help Us, which at its heart is nothing more than a fun night at the theatre unapologetically staged in a time when artsy […]
March
14
Stop Kiss – Anthony Skuse and the Crises of public love. (Theatre review)
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Stop Kiss Unlikely Productions 5 March to 22 March – Tickets available here. In his directors notes to Stop Kiss, Anthony Skuse cites Roland Barthes A Lovers Discourse: Fragments (Noonday Press, New York 1978) to further explain Callie’s position in Stop Kiss as a catastrophe – a crises of immediacy that means through one event, […]
March
13
Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein – Genesian Theatre electrifies the brilliant novel. (Theatre review)
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Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein Genesian Theatre 7 March – 12 April. Tickets available here. Photograph credits to Mark Banks There has been much talk of Frankenstein lately. A new screen production, and the Ensemble theatre bringing its stage play version to life in 2013. Now, timed perfectly to offer an intelligent alternative to the latest film […]
March
12
Seven Kilometeres North-East – Kym Vercoe takes annecdote to experience. (Theatre Review)
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Seven Kilometers North-East Kym Vercoe Seymour Centre – 8-22 March Tickets here. One of my favourite films is taken from a play (I’m one of those annoying people who don’t mind film that looks like theatre) Six Degrees of Separation, a film I love mostly because of Ousia Kittredge’s final speech (from the Fred Schepisi […]
March
10
Tidy Town of the Year – 3 Quacks ask what really makes a town ugly? (Theatre review)
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Tidy Town Of The Year 3 Quacks in association with the Sydney Independent Theatre Company Old Fitzroy Theatre 4-22 March – Tickets here. The Tidy Town of the Year competition is a Victorian initiative designed to give rural communities an opportunity to improve the aesthetics of their town in line with the overall Keep Australia […]
March
07
Waiting for Godot – Riverside Lyric Ensemble take on life’s great challenges. (Theatre Review)
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Waiting for Godot Riverside Lyric Ensemble Tickets available here. Photo Credits to Petros Ktenas It is a brave company that takes on Samuel Beckett’s theatre changing play, directing, performing and producing Waiting for Godot is one of theatre’s greatest challenges for many reasons, one of which is the nuances that exist despite their remarkable ability […]
March
04
Reflect – Sue Peacock, Performing Lines and memories endless narrative. (Theatre review)
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Imagine a giant screen presenting you, the individual, as a contributor to a relationship, as a functioning member of society through your gestures – no assisting commentary for interpretation – then against that is your shadow, performing the same and different gestures, larger than life, but smaller than the recorded image, and out in front of […]
February
28
Fully Committed – Nick Curnow and Alexander Butt take us deeper and closer. (Theatre Review)
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Fully Committed Brevity Theatre Company with Sydney Independent Theatre Company 24 February to March 1 Tickets available here. There are people you fall in love with instantly because a quality shines from them, not as easily defined as beauty, not as fashion conscious as charisma, it’s what TV folk define as the ‘X’ factor and […]
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