Have you ever felt like you were doomed? That every path you took in life was the wrong one, that you were not only unlucky in love, but in your career, you life, as if there was some otherworldly force determining your every move?
The story of one family on an Australian sheep farm, Lamb is an evocative, poignant and stirring exploration of intergenerational trauma, the consequences of leaving and the costs associated with staying.
As we drive from the Byron Hinterland to Mullumbimby on Thursday evening, my muso-partner and I have that feeling of anticipation and expectation. We are trekking out for this, the eleventh Mullum Music Festival.
A sound mix mess spoils the party in a cacophony of screech and bellow and a crowded choreography of stomp and swing in Little Triangle's production of The Wild Party.
If Shakespeare created a lot of fun for his actors with this play, Phillips has boosted the comedy factor with his operatic vision, creating a spectacular entertainment and promising audiences a hilarious and joyous night out.
The third in the trilogy that began with Brighton Beach Memoirs and continued with Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound is the conclusion story of Simon's pre-adulthood and of the seismic shift that simultaneously occurred between three generations of his family.