Around the World at a cracking pace
"The cast are working hard but you sense they’re enjoying it all as much as the audience. They even have an elephant!' LEN POWER reviews an adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days.
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"Tabitha is an entertaining script, and the audience followed the twists and turns with evident enjoyment," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
"If you come expecting the lushness and atmospherics of the 1975 film you will find instead a steady clear rendition of the bones of the novel." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Chaika Theatre's haunting production of Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Canberra’s Mockingbird Theatrics is spreading its wings with an ambitious 11-play season for 2027, as Chris Baldock’s independent theatre company enters its third year as company-in-residence at Belconnen Arts Centre.
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Canberra’s Greek theatre wins over Perth
Canberra actor, director and producer Michael J Smith, founder of Greek Theatre Now, has made a successful foray into Perth with his production of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King at Kings Park Amphitheatre, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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Five actors, 39 characters and one wild journey
Five actors will take on 39 characters in a fast-moving production of Mark Brown’s adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, directed and produced by Honest Puck Theatre’s James Scott, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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The Independents serve up fear and farce
From the deeply disturbing dance theatre of Little Dove's The Fool to the anarchic comedy of Frumpus's Landed, The Independents delivers two wildly contrasting shows, reviews GRACE CASSIDY.
GRACE CASSIDY reviews a double billing at The Independents – A Festival of New Work.
ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews David Williamson's play 'Face to Face' at the Mockingbird Theatre which, at 80-minute, was expertly paced and devoid of dull moments.
Canberra audiences are in for a wild ride in the Playhouse as six distinctive productions bring independent creators to the stage in Canberra Theatre Centre's The Independents – Festival of New Works, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Known as the oldest Kabuki troupe in the Southern Hemisphere and founded in 1976 by teachers in the ANU Japan Centre, ANU’s Kabuki club, Za Kabuki, hits the stage at Canberra Rep Theatre, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts editor Helen Musa reports the show Still Here has been cancelled due to illness.
"Strong is the New Pretty clearly makes the point of the sacrifices, determination, multitasking and risk these women took and continue to take, aided by a group of men who shared their ambition," writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
Canberra's drag, burlesque and cabaret communities will come together for an evening of glamour, spectacle and live performance when La Cage BLEU opens at Blue Eyes Bar & Lounge this weekend, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"The set may be a grand staircase and an even grander bookcase but the story of the Bennet sisters is being told by the female lower classes who scrub the floors and clean the loos," says reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
Jonathan Biggins goes well beyond political satire to inhabit Paul Keating in a performance of humour, poignancy and exceptional acting, reviews JOE WOODWARD.
Australian lawyer-turned-playwright Suzie Miller has turned her attention to the unlikely subject of Australian Rules football, in particular the Australian Women's Football League, in a new play, Strong Is The New Pretty.
Hawker College is in the throes of staging its big annual show, Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to JM Barrie's Peter Pan, reports HELEN MUSA.
"Daisy Pulls It Off examines the life of a scholarship girl, bright and cheerful Daisy Meredith, who arrives at a posh girls’ school where she encounters snobbery and a degree of savagery," writes reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
