
There was a palpable sense of occasion in the foyer of the Sydney Opera House Drama theatre on opening night of Bangarra’s new work Bennelong.

This is a chilling thunderbolt of a production and yet the viewer is still left with some reservations. The first half seems a little rushed if you are overly familiar with the story.

Birrarung Marr is covered in a layer of frosty magic and the proud peaks of the Big Top are hoiked high once again: it must be time for Circus Oz.
In these days when it is only too easy to re–present the famous and the familiar, it takes a director with courage and imagination to dig up something new and extraordinary.
Acropolis Now, launched the famous character – (Efthimia) Francesca “Effie” Stefanidis, played by Mary Coustas. The good news is – Effie is alive and kicking, unsullied, inventive and full of vernacular impropriety.