The below is more of a critical analysis of A Steady Rain than a review. It is probably best appreciated after you have seen the play. For me the play contained strong elements of psychoanalysis and its a bad habit of mine to want to indulge whenever I’m provoked. I was moved by this play, […]
Tag Archives: Red Line Productions
September
28
A Steady Rain – A nightmarish confrontation with our double. (Theatre Review)
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August
03
Blonde Poison – Stream of Consciousness and acting on behalf of the Government. (Theatre Review)
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Blonde Poison Adam Liberman in association with Red Line Productions Old Fitz Theatre 28 July to 15 August 2015 You can grab your tickets here. Blonde Poison is an interesting play to be showing to Sydney audiences in 2015. While it is most certainly a holocaust story, it is more importantly the story of an […]
July
14
The Ishmael Club – Arts funding and the question of excellence. (Theatre Review)
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The Ishmael Club The Old Fitz theatre from July 7 to 18 You can grab your tickets here Can I just say first up, how wonderfully appealing it was to see an Australian play that had an equal number of female performers to males? I get tired of bleating on about it as I write […]
April
29
Dolores – The right actor, the right character, the right time. (Theatre Review)
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Dolores Old Fitzroy Theatre 28 April to 9 May. You can grab your tickets here. Photo credits – Rupert Reid We’re spared the usual problem with Edward Allen Barker productions, in that Red Line has not fostered two of his down-beat efforts on us together, which helps a great deal in confronting the tough message […]
April
20
Orphans – Magic realism and the hyper-surreal father. (Theatre Review)
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Orphans Red Line Productions The Old Fitz Theatre, 14 April to 9 May – You can grab tickets here. Photos – Rupert Reid One can’t question Orphans pedigree. Though it appears quaintly old-fashioned these days – perhaps even more so to a contemporary 2015 Sydney indie audience who may be more savvy than their American […]
March
16
Freak Winds – Marshall Napier’s homage to Australian gothic. (Theatre Review)
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Freak Winds Red Line Productions 10 March to 11 April Old Fitz Theatre – You can grab your tickets here. Photo credits – Tim Levy The Australian gothic has a rich, yet still under explored history in our countries artistic culture, usually recognisable in films from the 1970’s forward, and these days more likely to […]
February
17
Cock – What are relationships for? (Theatre review)
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Cock Old Fitz Theatre / Red Line Productions 3 Feb to 6 March You can grab your tickets here. Feminists and the gay community have been at odds for decades over the question of nature v’s nurture. It is essential to the feminist oeuvre that women are made not born and it is equally essential […]
January
26
Bad – Thinking theatre at its best. (Theatre Review)
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Bad The Old Fitz Theatre Late Show 14 – 31 January. You can buy your tickets here. Photo Credits – Yael Stempler Most welcome at the Old Fitz is the late night offering Bad, written and performed by Kate Walder and Penny Greenhalagh, an all girl clown performance exploring the question of ‘Bad’ theatre through […]
January
17
Masterclass – Gareth Davies and the power of performance. (Theatre Review)
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Masterclass Old Fitz Theatre, 13 – 31 January Grab your tickets here. Photography – Marnya Roth In the cinema, the viewer is an afterthought, a reality that occurs after the film project is complete, one of a series of numbers in a room. In the theatre the spectator is real (as opposed to a reality) […]
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