
A mother, a father, a daughter, a son. An ordinary family going about their ordinary day. Within minutes though, a random act of violence changes everything.

It was hard to imagine ourselves in sultry New Orleans on a chilly Friday night in Perth, but Circle in the Sand did their best to make us believe it.

The tale of Peter Pan is firmly ingrained in our childhood, both as a whirling reverie of possibilities entertained by dreamers that hoped to escalate past the normality of a second grader, and a quiet guide to the frightening road of adulthood ahead.

Phèdre, a reworking of a Greek tragedy by 17th century French playwright Racine, is regularly produced in France but little known in Australia so do grab the opportunity offered by Bell Shakespeare to see it at the Malthouse.

Into this world, Sydney playwright Noelle Janaczewska transplants characters from The Merchant of Venice. It is ten years after the events of Shakespeare's play.

On the road to promote her new album Encore, Marina Prior discards the garb of her usual stage roles to perform in an exposed, acoustic setting.

In the end, I honestly don't get what all the five star reviews are about. I wanted to like this show, I really did, and I love good humour, but One Man, Two Guvnors just didn't do it for me.