The Merger, Melbourne comedian Damian Callinan’s well-crafted football farce, is one of the hits of Sydney Fringe.

As we enter, we see a woman, seated, her back to us, with a blindingly bright light, housed in a large, shiny black box, shining upon her. The lights go down, the black box slams shut, to reveal a man and a chair. It almost instantly becomes clear the man is a movie producer, James; [...]

Earth Angel is billed as “a mystical theatre production, that’s both visually and physically breathtaking”; or something like that. And there can be no doubt about its excellence, in certain respects. There are some breathtaking, acrobatic and aerial dance sequences. Those bodies really take a pounding. The choreography is tough, uncompromising, brave. And the dancers [...]

To Morrow, and to Morrow, and to Morrow! Fans of The Chaser will know Julian Morrow’s a pretty smart guy. Perhaps less well-known is his dad, Melvyn Morrow, is, too. He’s a backroom boy, but if I mention that he’s written, way back when, for Phillip Street Theatre and The Mavis Bramston Show (both of [...]

Ironically, the Old 505 Theatre is a new venue. Well, kinda. Sorta. It was started several years ago now, by jazz bassist Cameron Undy and his creative backbone, his wife, Kerry Glasscock. Unit 505, Hibernian House, 342 Elizabeth Street, opposite Sydney’s Central Station, was their home and rehearsal space. A space which they decided, illegally [...]

And you thought it was tough being the daughter of a billionaire, a la Paris Hilton. Well, no, okay, maybe that isn’t so tough. But it is tough being the daughter of a whore. I mean, depending what company you keep, it can be embarrassing. (Granted, it could be worse. You could be the daughter [...]