
Audiences have changed in the last century and while most theatre enthusiasts appreciate the classic texts, we are so over stimulated with action, drama, romance and spectacle, that slow moving traditions and wordy exposition can become a little tiresome.

Combining straight-laced all-American ingénues, elements of Frankenstein, a bit of burlesque, some sci-fi and androgynous aliens – plus heaps of sexual tension and some excellent songs – how could you possibly go wrong?

Kate Gaul seems to be the go to gal when it comes to staging Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s plays in Sydney.

This production is let down by an evenness in tone which robs it of necessary dramatic tension, and by an approach which is neither realist or heightened theatrically, opting for the former with break–out moments of symbolism.

lore: dance stories of land and sea, tells two stories through contemporary dance with the Company’s hallmark verve that has been acclaimed both locally and internationally.

Dull animal endurance is given eloquence and a robust mocking humour in Bertolt Brecht's classic play, Mother Courage and Her Children.