Sydney Reviews

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

While every effort has been made, no doubt, to fully explore characters' lives, the chain of relationships, separated by a mere six degrees, seems somewhat inconclusive and unsatisfying.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 08 June 2007

Aside from one too many references to cricket, this is a very well-observed and well-written piece, or, rather, pieces; comprising three vignettes, with the three cast handling three roles apiece.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 07 June 2007

Red Light Winter deals with the seriously dysfunctional romances of a small group of thirtysomethings, with an emphasis on sex and emotional inadequacy.

Details: Tessa Needham; 07 June 2007

Gifted and Talented treads ground that will be familiar to anyone who grew up in the heady world of child eisteddfords.

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.

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