Sydney Reviews

Details: James Waites; 13 August 2007

This Lear is not huge in any way. Heavily trimmed, it remains focused on core themes. To those who know the work, it is honest if a little over-simplified.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 11 August 2007

The Great Library of Earth | Dancing Giant Productions

Using a science-fiction premise, this “grey comedy” takes place on an isolated archive facility far removed from Earth, in the equally distant year 16022.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 11 August 2007

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Company B

Benedict Andrews’ high energy production, for Company B Belvoir, makes this brilliant theatre classic, about a couple struggling to find meaning in their empty lives, feel like a brand new contemporary play.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 09 August 2007

Brilliant Monkey | Pork Chop Productions

Pork Chop Productions’ new play Brilliant Monkey is an engrossing and intriguing show by actor and first-time playwright Al Dukes.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 05 August 2007

Donald Margulies’ play Dinner with Friends introduces us to two married couples who have been a close foursome of friends for over a decade

Details: Selma Nadarajah; 05 August 2007

True Stories is held together by a potent sense of energy, emotion and spirit which is communicated in not only the stories being told but in the fiercely passionate performances of the ensemble group.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 31 July 2007

With every new production, Legs on the Wall reinvents itself. Every work in its repertoire is distinctly different and original, consistently exploring the physical theatre form

Details: Brett Casben; 27 July 2007

Bracka’s complaint isn’t so much his sexuality per se but the plight of a good Jewish boy who wishes to hell he was anything but.

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