A long evening but a worthwhile opener
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Mojo, Jez Butterworth’s 1995 play set in the sleazy shallows of the 1950s British music scene.
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The fast-paced script of the play Mojo by Jez Butterworth, rich with expletives and poetic Cockney language, sees the gang members working out what to do, comforted by an endless supply of little pills to pop, reports HELEN MUSA.
Child Players ACT are busy preparing for a rerun of their show, Dr Dolittle, reports HELEN MUSA.
The Lex Factor: from Wagga to the World Stage, is a fun exhibition at the Museum of the Riverina with a poignant touch, its subject is the Wagga-born actor, broadcaster and multicultural advocate, Lex Marinos, reports HELEN MUSA.
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Emerging playwright plum goes to Melbourne writer
Melbourne playwright Sarah Matthews is the winner of Canberra Youth Theatre’s 2024 Emerging Playwright Commission.
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Edgy encounter with two women at the margins
"Sauce was on edge enough to give the kind of marginalised feel you go to fringe theatre to experience," says reviewer ARNE SJOSTEDT, of the Irish comedy playing at Smiths.
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Irish comedy show revels in the ‘gross and the obscene’
The Australian premiere of an Irish comedy will debut in Canberra, before touring to The Butterfly Club in Melbourne, reports HELEN MUSA.
A student at Canberra Girls' Grammar School is among the four recipients of the 2024 John Bell Scholarship.
"There’s a definite statement about the early creation of one kind of Australian identity born out of the convict system." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Jack Maggs.
In news that has members of Canberra's theatre community reeling, the 52-year-old Canberra Youth Theatre has announced that it will drop all productions in 2025, but it will not close its doors.
"Sarah Ruhl’s acclaimed play accomplishes much in just about an hour. Its brevity demands an economy of expression that conveys immense emotional depth." ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews Eurydice, at the Mill Theatre.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA previews the upcoming season of American playwright Sarah Ruhl’s play Eurydice, where the ancient myth is shown from the female perspective.
Reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN says the new Aunty Louise Brown Park outside The Q turns out to be just the space for Echo Theatre’s lively take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Charles Dickens is often credited with having invented Christmas as we know it, so news that Canberra Theatre's next big production, Jack Maggs, is based on Dickens may have patrons quivering with Yuletide excitement, writes HELEN MUSA.
Likening the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre’s 2025 theatre program to a patchwork quilt, The Q's artistic director Jordan Best promised it would be “always colourful, interesting and full of excitement”.
"Canberra Rep usually presents a fun and enjoyable end-of-year show. This very funny play and its highly effective production make this one of the most memorable." LEN POWER reviews the comedy Bloody Murder.
"Ben Rivers is a slowly compelling performer, whether speaking, dancing or breaking into song; focused and skilled." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews The Invaders’ Fear of Memories.
At a lively event onstage at the Causeway Hall in Kingston, ACT Hub unveiled an ambitious season of 11 productions and a mini-festival of plays on Thursday evening.
Jordan Best's coming production of A Midsummer Night's Dream will also serve as the effective unveiling of the newly-landscaped Aunty Louise Brown Park directly outside The Q, writes HELEN MUSA.
