Sydney Reviews

Details: Jack Teiwes; 06 June 2007

Sydney productions of The Taming of the Shrew have been few and far between in recent years. Although a highly entertaining yarn, the reason for its scarcity is doubtlessly the play’s problematic gender politics.

Details: Tessa Needham; 06 June 2007

Kellaway clearly adores the music, and nearly every time it plays his body takes over in a full-body conducting dance.

Details: Lee Bemrose; 05 June 2007

The pace of the play is downright frenetic, with actors entering and exiting at both ends of the stage, which ran between two banks of audience seats.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 05 June 2007

Energetic; confronting; confounding; confusing; challenging; comical; spectacular.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 04 June 2007

These femme fatales probably don’t have a destructive effect on anyone but themselves; subject, as modern women are, to a relentless barrage of self-critical thoughts and self-effacing remarks.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 03 June 2007

Matthew O’Sullivan has directed a very solid production of Romeo & Juliet for the Globe Centre, using pared-back staging that relies on performance and using his comparatively small but enthusiastic cast to good effect.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 02 June 2007

Double bills such as this one can be a real delight, a welcome deviation from one’s theatregoing expectations.

Details: Aleksei Wechter; 31 May 2007

What sets Circus Oz aside from other new circuses, such as Cirque du Soleil, is their down to earth, Australian colloquial style that makes the performance all the more accessible.

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