Although somehow just a whisker off being perfect, Williams’ new production of The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui is a theatrical powerhouse, with bold stagecraft and an exciting cast all clustered around a stunning central performance.
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Lachlan Philpott's lauded play is decidedly lyrical, but with the absence of action becomes homiletic, a little too much tell and not enough show.
Biology is the comedy chemistry in The Stevenson Experience. Aussie identical twins Benjamin and James Stevenson sass and banter their show into an ideal blend of structured storyline mixed with natural improvisation.
A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer is gosh factor cathartic theatre with a reach that extends our gasp.
Beautifully performed, and indisputably watchable – but one that reveals little of Callas beyond the self-absorbed diva breaking others to palliate the pain of a ruined voice and doomed affairs of the heart.
In The Heights consistently hits the highs in an exhilarating musical with surprising emotional depth.
From the glamour of 1979's Scheherazade, in which dancers dressed in glittering gold Akira Isogawa designed skirts are accompanied by soaring operatic vocals, to the boisterous playfulness of Ellipse (2002), with its nod to Western hoe-down dancing, Murphy's startling range is on display.
Strongly choreographed and tightly presented celebration of circus and aerial skills.
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Terrestrial | State Theatre Company South Australia
Terrestrial’s author (Fleur Kilpatrick) says in the programme notes that she dedicated her play to lonely girls, bored boys, to quiet towns and “to a landscape that looks like Mars”. She adds ”landscape informs how our trauma, confusion, illness or fear manifests itself”. It does in this play.
Hungry Ghosts | Melbourne Theatre Company
Described as a post traumatic play, Hungary Ghosts is both complex and challenging. While conscious in its use of multiple characters and threads, commentary on national themes does give echo to a central, more personal narrative around culture, loss, belonging, patriotism and identity.
Almost Face To Face | Stephen House
It's difficult to determine who the real star is in this piece; the exquisite writing, or the equally perfect performance. That both are the work of the same person... truly impressive stuff.
Les Misérables | The South Coast Choral and Arts Society
This is an emotional play with not too many dry eyes at times, but if a play and its performers can move you, make you laugh, make you cry, make you think, then a good job has been done.
Good Cook. Friendly. Clean. | Griffin Theatre Company
It might go down a treat as a Nanny's business card, but it seems to have little currency for Tara Marice's character, Sandra in Brooke Robinson's Good Cook. Friendly. Clean.
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