Henry V, Shakespeare’s patriotic 1599 ‘call to arms’ at the Pop-up Globe is another treat from the King’s Company in the best possible environment.
Is it possible for a classical countertenor to transcend into the world of pop, or even become the world’s next rockstar?
Horrible Harriet revels in her horribleness, as she struts her stuff at the Art Centre Melbourne, courtesy of CDP Theatre Productions.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is beautiful. The music will bubble in your blood and the story will sit with you for days.
The best night of theatre ever, this. It’s a terrific experience to see a Shakespeare play in an as near to an authentic environment as possible without going all the way to modern London, it's like a time travelling experience.
It's always a pleasure to recognise the sort of people and places you know in a story. Realism stimulates. It is also a pleasure to see people and places that you know exaggerated to the level of the grotesque and exotic. That is why fantasy stimulates.
An Octoroon is a production of contrasts. Bright white stage and pitch-dark blackouts. Raucous comedy and stark reality. Black face and white face. Loud rap music and uncomfortable silence. The rights afforded to characters of white skin, and the treatment of all others.