Wayne Pearn is superb as Monk conveying the multi-layered complexities of Hibberd’s character with vigour and sensitivity. Continue reading
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Negotiating the Fringe in Edinburgh
Irish plays in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Continue reading
Two views of Bloomsday 2013
Joyce’s life and work handled with irreverence and erudition… Continue reading
Eros and Death in a Swimming Pool
THEATRE REVIEW Enda Walsh: Penelope. Production by Red Stitch at Theatreworks, Acland St., St. Kilda Date seen: 11 April 2013 Enda Walsh’s play Penelope, is yet another reworking of the final scenes of the Odyssey, this time modernised (as it often is: Joyce and Atwood come to mind) and told from the point of view … Continue reading
Standing ovations for Banjo 1, 2, 3 !
Workshopping the new musical based about the making of ‘Waltzing Matilda’ in country Victoria… Continue reading
Boots and Court Shoes: Camille O’Sullivan’s Lucrece
Camille O’Sullivan’s long-awaited theatrical and sung adaptation of the Rape of Lucrece opened last night at the Sumner Theatre in Melbourne…. Continue reading
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw is not as often performed as one would wish ….
A bold young company, 5poundtheatre, operating out of the Owl and the Pussycat, opposite Richmond Station (Melbourne, Victoria) has changed all that. Continue reading
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