Manifesto is a powerful and stunning work by one of Australia’s most talented choreographers.
Chaplinesque and Felliniesque, Room is a surreal realisation of the creative process, the creation of a show from concept to writing to auditioning to staging, a kaleidoscope of tumult, turmoil, bedlam and breakthrough.
The power of Girls & Boys is in the performance, which is totally compelling. You don’t want a review strewn with spoiler alerts, you just need to know that the journey to the summit is thrilling and devastating, led by a towering talent.
The Mousetrap is famous for being the world’s longest running theatre production ever, but it could be equally famous for being a remarkably conceived, thoroughly well written and totally enjoyable night at the theatre.
Slava’s Snowshow is not just a love letter to the theatre but a resume outlining the possible.
Sam O’Sullivan may well be David Williamson’s heir apparent at Ensemble, his play festooned with verbal foliage, a topiary pruned by topical shears that never let the branches sag with mere gags, instead shaping the story with sharp observation and an inquisitive wit.
Given the extraordinary achievements of this incredible tennis player, it felt equally extraordinary to feel her life somehow diluted because writer and director Andrea James never quite goes for it.