"From the small gestural reactions to commands and the sudden changes in special relations, the cast provides an excellent example of true ensemble playing." JOE WOODWARD reviews The House of Bernarda Alba.
Coming up at the Mill Theatre is The Moors, by American playwright Jen Silverman, that was inspired by Charlotte Brontë's real letters yet it is, as one of the lead players in the show says, “so much fun”, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Director Karen Vickery, who is rehearsing Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca’s last play, The House of Bernarda Alba, believes he is "one of the great voices of the Spanish world in terms of literature, art and theatre."
HELEN MUSA previews the new production of Willy Russell’s seminal 1986 play Shirley Valentine, starring screen identity and pop singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte in the title role.
36 Shakespeare plays in eight days? All the world's a table top, where the players are cans of drink and toilet rolls.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA reports that getting to stage The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a dream come true for Mockingbird Theatre Company director Chris Baldock.
"This Diana story contained the lot, from birth to a sidestepping of Diana’s death that managed to implicate the Queen." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Diana The Untold and Untrue Story.
"This wasn’t a pleasant experience – but perhaps that is the mark of a good psychological thriller... Baby Jane was gripping, unsettling, and a strong production from cast and crew," writes reviewer ARNE SJOSTEDT.
Director Ed Wightman has gone back to the original 1960 novel of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and devised a stage play simply called Baby Jane, reports HELEN MUSA.
The third Ovations Awards covered more than 30 categories, including performers, directors, designers, lighting, and costume, with a new cabaret category at this year’s event at the Hellenic Club on Friday night, reports HELEN MUSA.
In a bold but theatre-savvy move, Lakespeare, Shakespeare by the Lakes, has got together with The Q this year to present Macbeth – mostly outdoors, reports HELEN MUSA.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Mojo, Jez Butterworth’s 1995 play set in the sleazy shallows of the 1950s British music scene.
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.
Melbourne playwright Sarah Matthews is the winner of Canberra Youth Theatre’s 2024 Emerging Playwright Commission.
"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.
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.
