Sydney Reviews

Details: Brett Casben; 30 June 2007

The main plot of the Merchant, like so many of Will’s comedies is about deception in appearances, the comedy of errors.

Details: Brett Casben; 30 June 2007

This play is about sex used as a weapon whether active offensive or passive. It makes for great theatre because we still find it hard to face the issues that come with what must be the most complex emotional trigger in our battery of hormones.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 27 June 2007

Beyond the array of prodigious technical & artistic skills, unmistakably in (abundant) evidence, lies a palpable humility, and understatement, which is refreshing in these times of celebrity egocentrism.

Details: Claude Lequereux; 26 June 2007

Roger Gimblett's evocative production of Forty Years On, will slingshot to mind, memories of tuck shop milk bottle confectionery, stoggy custard school dinners and assembly hymns sung out of tune

Details: Brenton Amies; 25 June 2007

A Porthole into the minds of the vanquished is just that - a porthole, a tiny vantage point which could do with some widening.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 18 June 2007

Although not groundbreaking theatre, The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is an excellent production of a howlingly funny musical, and a sure thing for a bushel of B-E-L-L-Y L-A-U-G-H-S.

Details: Aleksei Wechter; 13 June 2007

Abalone dreams of winning the local eisteddfod with all the associated glory, while his sister Gerture slowly slips away into her own private world where she works as a teacher.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 12 June 2007

Who could fail to be transformed by thought leader, Jeremy Boutsakis? Of course, the thoughts he'll lead you to, via the garden path, are simultaneously terrifying and hilarious.

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