Friday, 28 February 2020

HMS Pinafore, Hayes Theatre Co, The Q

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"HMS Pinafore" has been delighting audiences pretty much from the point where it opened in 1878 - the first big Gilbert and Sulliv...
Saturday, 22 February 2020

The Grapes of Wrath, Canberra Rep, Theatre 3

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Steinbeck's classic novel isn't entirely a natural for theatre adaptation (in the way that, say, "Of Mice and Men" absolut...
Friday, 27 December 2019

The "Well I Liked it" awards 2019

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It's that time again to do the "Well I liked it" awards, or WILIs for short. It's the 8th WILIs and, yes, that innuendo ha...
Wednesday, 25 December 2019

First Love is the Revolution, Griffin Theatre Company

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This is an odd combination of fantasy, romance, comedy and brutal drama, set among a colony of urban foxes and the household of a boy who be...
Monday, 23 December 2019

Packer and Sons, Belvoir

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For whatever reason (defamation law, unco-operative living subjects, lack of dramatist interest) it's rare for the activities of the sup...
Thursday, 5 December 2019

Waiting in the Wings, Canberra Rep, Theatre 3

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Noel Coward's image as a writer of witty cosmopolitan comedies is mostly backed up by the four plays that most frequently get revivals (...
Sunday, 1 December 2019

Come from Away, New Theatricals, Junkyard Dog Productions, Rodney Rigby et al, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

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In the world of hypertouring internationally successful broadway musicals, it's rare for something that feels personal, individual and y...