

Each of the five featured female characters would relate a little of their history, working up to their becoming leading ladies of the jazz clubs and notorious rent parties, and sing a couple of songs they were known for at the time.

The games that have been happening at Theatreworks this weekend however have been an altogether different affair. For starters, the audience have got to play too.

Potts directs an excellent bi-lingual production, sidestepping the pitfalls of a complete translation by including much of the original Spanish.

In this epic work, Trevor Jamieson tells the story of the Maralinga nuclear weapons tests from the perspective of the Anangu people of the Western Desert.

It has always been a standard of Red Stitch to choose and produce work that accentuates the actor and the writing. This cast all perform marvelously, capturing the periods, the nuances, the humour and even the tragedy of these characters.

In a blistering hour and a quarter of rapid fire delivery Lucy delivered insights into subjects as varied as yoga retreats, gluten allergy and, of course, the shortcomings of the few available men to women over 40.