Category: Drama
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Summer of Harold (Ensemble Theatre) ★★★1/2
Written by Hilary Bell. World Premiere. Ensemble Theatre. 8 Sep – 14 Oct, 2023. Hilary Bell’s triptych of short plays focuses on the way memory interacts with our present-day lives. From heart-warming stories of youth, to tales of past snubs and regrets. Summer of Harold, Enfant Terrible and Lookout are beautiful vignettes of life, showcasing…
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Miss Saigon (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★★
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. Book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. Dame Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. 17 Aug – 13 Oct, 2023. Full review up on The Queer Review.
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The Hollow (Genesian Theatre) ★★★
Written by Agatha Christie. Genesian Theatre Company. 19 Aug – 23 Sep, 2023. After seeing both The Mousetrap and Witness for the Prosecution in the last year, I’ve been keen to see more of Agatha Christie’s plays. The Hollow is an adaptation of the Hercule Poirot novel of the same name, sans Poirot – a…
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The Approach (Flight Path Theatre) ★★★
Written by Mark O’Rowe. Flight Path Theatre. 16 Aug – 2 Sep, 2023. Mark O’Rowe’s The Approach became something of a Covid lock down hit when it was streamed live from Dublin. A circular tale of three women, having three conversations that mimic and loop around each other to slowly reveal the inner lives of…
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Constellations (Sydney Theatre Co.) ★★★★1/2
Written by Nick Payne. Sydney Theatre Company. 28 Jul – 2 Sep, 2023. A beekeeper and an astrophysicist meet and fall in love. A beekeeper and an astrophysicist meet and don’t fall in love. A beekeeper and an astrophysicist meet and fall in love but it’s complicated. Don’t worry, if you search through the multiverse…
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Jailbaby (Griffin Theatre Co.) ★★★1/2
Written by Suzie Miller. Griffin Theatre Company. 7 Jul – 19 Aug, 2023. Playwright Suzie Miller has crammed a lot into 80 minutes with Jailbaby, her third new play staged in two years (after Anna K and RBG: Of Many, One last year). The story of AJ, a cocky youth who gets thrown into the…
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The Turn of the Screw (Seymour Centre) ★★★1/2
Written by Richard Hilliar (after Henry James). Tooth & Sinew and Seymour Centre. 21 Jul – 12 Aug, 2023. Henry James’ classic gothic horror novella has been given an extra layer of psycho-sexual intrigue in writer/director Richard Hilliar’s new stage adaptation that blurs the line of reality right up to the final minutes and keeps…
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On The Beach (Sydney Theatre Co.) ★★★★1/2
Adapted for the stage by Tommy Murphy. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute. Sydney Theatre Company, Roslyn Packer Theatre. 18 Jul – 12 Aug, 2023. On The Beach opens with a tableaux of 60s beach-side bliss, all pastels, buff bodies and short shorts. Soak in the eye candy because things get darker from here.…
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The Hero Leaves One Tooth (KXT on Broadway) ★★★1/2
Written by Erica J. Brennan. KXT on Broadway. 14 – 29 July, 2023 Fucked up dinner parties are a theatrical staple. Get a bunch of characters around a table and let their personal drama’s play out as subtext, hidden by polite behaviour… at least at first. That basic premise gets turned into a speculative, body-horror-infused…
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London Week Five
On the final stretch now and my brain is starting to look ahead to life back at home. Going into the office, seeing local shows (I can’t wait to catch up on City of Angels, The Great Comet, Jailbaby etc) and sleeping in my own bed again. But first I have a couple of days…
Cultural Binge 