Amazing Companies that support Aussie Theatre:
State Theatre Company artistic director Geordie Brookman has collaborated with playwright Joanna Murray-Smith to place Henrik Ibsen’s 19th century play Hedda Gabler in a modern setting. And it works. The relationships, manipulations, jealousy and psychological games still ring true, and the story from then resides soundly in the now. Hedda doesn’t love…
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Patch’s magical Mr McGee and the Biting Flea has been delighting children (and some adults, I’m sure) for years now. It’s played to over 10,000 children in Australia and the USA, and won awards — including a 2008 Helpmann for best children’s presentation — and it’s not difficult to see why. This…
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Into The Bloodstream is Archie Roach’s new live show and album. It is a deeply personal and honest account of Roach’s life – and also a moving reminder of the often devastating history of Indigenous Australians, from the invasion of their land until now. ARIA award-winning Roach is a proud representative of…
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It takes a while to warm to the style of this production. And warming to the material? I didn’t. Others may have. Murder, is an adult puppet show — about murder. And with a title like Murder, and inspired by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Murder Ballads” one should be…
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This is an extremely humorous show — with as many laughs as silly sub-plots. It’s so much a British comedy couple of hours — and the (mainly older) audience just loves it! Written by Richard Bean and based upon The Servant of Two Masters (1746) by Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni this…
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The Playhouse stage floor twinkles — illuminated by a multitude of low lit candles, a small standing screen promises images, an armchair offers comfortable possibilities; and the stage is set with Laurie Anderson’s music and sound set up. There is anticipation in the packed theatre. It feels like this festival night…
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The empty Space stage is strewn with rubbish and dirt when writer and actor, Omphile Molusi enters, dragging a big tin trunk. From his appearance and energy we get a good idea of how he is living — rough, hard and homeless. He wants us to know and understand his home,…
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Twenty people (from Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm, Liurai Fo’er and Galaxy) went to a secluded site in remote Timor to create this production. It’s easy to sense the artistic bonds that formed as a result. In fact, one of the strengths of this peculiar piece is the way…
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Written and performed by Alirio Zavarce this autobiographical one-hander looks at how the central character has dealt with the madness and pain in his adult life. Inspired by the sad cancer death of his mother, re-location from Venezuela to Australia, the ending of his marriage (due to his wife’s infidelity), and…
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I cringed a little when Altar Ego began; the wedding dance and accompanying matrimonial images, corny and much too long. (Maybe that was the intention!) But I forgot all that quite quickly when the real action got underway. Written by James Lyon this play and production direct from the USA…
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