Tag: Ensemble Theatre
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A Christmas Carol ★★★1/2
Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Hilary Bell. World Premiere Ensemble Theatre Nov 25 – Dec 29, 2022. Christmas has come to Ensemble Theatre and a classic is being revisited with an air of freshness I wasn’t expecting. Australian legend John Bell leads a troupe of performers in retelling Charles Dickens’…
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The Caretaker ★★★★1/2
Written by Harold Pinter. Ensemble Theatre. 14 Oct – 19 Nov, 2022. There’s something about watching actors who are so intensely “in the moment”… It’s mesmerising. Actors who, even when they aren’t speaking, are so invested, embodying their role so completely, they are watchable at all times. And in The Caretaker at Ensemble Theatre you…
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Interview: Iain Sinclair, director of The Caretaker at Ensemble Theatre
Iain Sinclair, the acclaimed director whose production of Harold Pinter’s classic The Caretaker opens at Ensemble Theatre tonight, took some time out from rehearsals to have a frank and informative chat (via email) about the timelessness of Pinter’s work, the critics, how the Ensemble Theatre itself alters how you approach a play and why you,…
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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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