Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in the history of theatre, please put your hands together for the stage adaptation, from the original screenplay, of Rain Man! Well, alright, maybe it’s not the first time ever, but it’s not exactly the garden-variety way of the theatrical world, which usually tends toward a reverse polarity.
READ MOREMay, 2010
REVIEW: Hole in the Wall | CarriageWorks, Sydney
It’s theatre you’re a part of. Like it. or lump it. A tight 45-minute performance. Immediately prior, all 30-odd of you receive your instructions. Hole in the Wall is engrossing and immersive theatre.
READ MOREREVIEW: The Ugly One, PLUS: dumplings and an MTC/Lawler gripe
So, last Thursday—a couple of drinks at the Union—leave around nine—fifteen dollar Marius von Meyenburg at the Lawler—out by ten thirty—dumplings at the Supper Inn—quarter past eleven—then back to Fitzroy for a drink at the Old Bar … and it’s still not even midnight. A good time. And the hinge movement in this goodtime sonata [...]
READ MOREGays in the theatre? SHOCK! Perhaps it’s imagination we lack
Sean Hayes will host this year’s Tony Awards (the Oscars of Broadway, if you will) — sweet vindication for the Will and Grace star, who was slammed by one critic for his unconvincing portrayal of a straight man in musical Promises, Promises.
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Politics, as you like it: is this our winter of discontent?
As the curtain went down on Richard III in Melbourne last week, I have to say, the parallel was striking. Is now the winter of parliament’s discontent?
READ MOREREVIEW: Into the Woods | Capitol Theatre, Sydney
What we want and what we get in life are two very different things, a fact summed up in singular fashion by Stephen Sondheim’s meta-musical Into the Woods.
READ MORELook Mum, no script: inside the theatresports titles
It’s the acid test. Venturing onto a stage, scared scriptless. Impro is, indeed, the mark of the pro. How ironic, then, that it’s so overwhelmingly an amateur pursuit. Andrew Denton; Andrew O’Keefe; Adam Spencer. These and many others have all cut their now-sharp teeth playing Theatresports. If you thought rugby league was the toughest game in town, think again.
READ MOREREVIEW: Pygmalion | The Genesian Theatre, Sydney
Sometimes the world-weary critic can tire of experimental, post-modern, avant-garde theatre and hanker for something safe, sound, and richly traditional. Something classic. Pygmalion fits that bill and The Genesian is just the company to pull it off. This is the curtain-raiser for its 2010/11 season and runs until June 19. The Genesian began with a [...]
READ MORECan newspapers afford to snub theatre-goers?
So what’s the word on Calendar Girls, the new British movie-turned-musical currently plodding the boards in Sydney (and set to tour the country)? Well, don’t read the Sun Herald to find out. A review on the show was spiked, Andrew Crook reports in Crikey‘s Daily Mail today. In a cracking article he highlights how the [...]
READ MOREGays and theatre: maybe they SHOULD just stay in the closet
Newsweek is on the nose. And not just because it sits unloved on the auction block, an almost-extinct relic of new media. An essay on the venerable magazine’s website has caused a minor storm, at least in theatrical circles. Author Ramin Setoodeh asked — not unreasonably — whether gay actors could play straight, singling out [...]
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