
Although there are hints of some darker moments, on the whole Picnic is too twee and heart-warming for this old baggage. Having said all that, I really enjoyed it. Anyone would.

Currently showing in the drama theatre of the Sydney Opera House and starring Sylvie Guillem, Life In Progress presents a program of four separate contemporary dance pieces which take us to strange and unexpected places.

A delightful adaptation that imaginatively distils the highs and lows, the twists and turns, the light and dark of the story of the genuinely gifted girl, bullied for bibliophilia.

There are few people who haven’t indulged in the vicarious horrors and delights of listening to a good ghost story – it taps into something both childlike and primal within us – and that’s perhaps one of the reasons this play has captured the public’s imagination.

Classic play, complete with considered contemporary touches, remains faithful to the source text.

Children will love it and adults will find themselves remembering why fart jokes were funny in the first place.

Nude lays the ground for Marilyn’s life by focusing on her rocky childhood, her poor relationship with her mother, and her dreams of becoming famous, through short vignettes where actress Carina Wayne portrays Monroe as well as herself, in a sort of parallel.