Category: Theatre
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End Of. ★★★1/2
Written by Ash Flanders. Griffin Theatre Company. Oct 13 – Nov 5, 2022 Read my review of Ash Flanders’ End Of. at The Queer Review.
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Past The Shallows ★★★★
Written by Julian Larnach, based on the novel by Favel Parrett. Australian Theatre for Young People / Archipelago Productions, Sydney. 12 Oct – 9 Nov, 2022. Past The Shallows plays like an ever-shifting dream, as three actors take on multiple roles to tell the story of a broken Tasmanian family. The narrative is like the…
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The Mousetrap ★★★1/2
Written by Agatha Christie. Theatre Royal, Sydney October 8-30, 2022 then touring to Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne. It’s serendipitous timing that Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has opened in Sydney while the brilliant film, See How They Run, is still in cinemas. Together they’re perfect companion pieces, and seeing The Mousetrap before the film will definitely…
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Anatomy of a Suicide ★★★★★
Written by Alice Birch. Sugary Rum Produtcions, Chopt Logic and Seymour Centre. 6-29 October 2022 If you’re the kind of theatre nerd who gets off on inventive uses of theatrical form, as well a blistering good performances (and I definitely am), then the return season of Anatomy of a Suicide at Seymour Centre should be…
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Chalkface ★★★★
Written by Angela Betzien. Sydney Theatre Company. 15 September – 29 October. Chalkface is a sitcom on the stage. In fact, it feels like a pitch for a TV show that has been translated to the theatre. That’s not a bad thing per se. It’s funny as hell with some heart underneath and a great…
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The Lifespan of a Fact ★★★1/2
Written by Jeremy Kareken and David Murrell and Gordon Farrell. Sydney Theatre Company. 20 September – 22 October, 2022. A thought-provoking, hilarious script. A beloved Australian actress. Sydney Theatre Company’s Covid-delayed production of Broadway hit, The Lifespan of a Fact, is finally here with the weight of expectation behind it. And it’s good. Really good.…
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Photograph 51 ★★★★
Written by Anna Zeigler. Ensemble Theatre. 2 September – 8 October 2022. This is nice theatre. That’s not a dig by any means. I need nice theatre in my life. Theatre that tickles at your brain and your emotions, filled with language that sings and moments that make you smile, and scoff, and frown. At…
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A Raisin in the Sun ★★★★1/2
Written by Lorraine Hansberry. Sydney Theatre Company. 27 August – 15 October 2022. As the lights came up at the end of Sydney Theatre Company’s production of A Raisin in the Sun I was angry. My reaction to the Younger family was at odds with the play’s intentions. Pack of proud fools! I was mad…
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Whitefella Yella Tree ★★★★
Written by Dylan Van Den Berg. Griffin Theatre, Sydney. World Premiere. 19 August – 23 September 2022. Whitefella Yella Tree is great work all round; a uniquely Australian story told by a largely indigenious cast and crew. I wanted it to be both longer and more expansive; and smaller and more intimate at the same…
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How To Defend Yourself ★★★★★
Written by Liliana Padilla. An Outhouse Theatre Co & Red Line Productions Production. The Old Fitz Theatre, Sydney. Australian Premiere. 11 August – 3 September 2022. In the immediate aftermath of a violent rape on campus, a group of college students meet up to take a self-defense course. As they learn to use their bodies…
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