
An absolute corker of an evening. The venue was packed with enthusiastic fans and friends and the artists were in fine voice accompanied by excellent musicians.

The world has come to a catastrophic end… The stars are blipping out of existence, carnivorous fog is eating people alive, and if rumours are to be believed, Godzilla is walking the Earth, incinerating everything in its path.

Reflective yet insular – the original play Pigman’s Lament indulges in intellectualism. Some of the audience will relate to the personal story and others might feel alienated by the esoteric references.

There’s a sense of real sharing on stage, no clashing egos, just sublime music making by some of the best in the business.

Adelaide Rep’s version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a delight. Director Barry Hill has delivered up a gratifyingly insinuating and refined production of the Tennessee Williams classic.

David Hare is one of those rare playwrights who is able to embed political ideas and arguments so deeply within a character you forget there’s a writer at work behind it all.

For the Peanuts gang – Charlie, his sister Sally, Lucy, Schroeder, Linus and his best bud, Snoopy, it’s just an average day. A day made up of ordinary little moments. And therein, lies it appeal.