REVIEW: Grease The Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutesGrease is a classic high school musical that premiered in 1971 and was adapted into a film in 1978.
Month June 2024
REVIEW: Hasbian
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is no time like Pride Month to see queer theatre - and Beth Watson’s confessional Hasbian is my top pick during June - and every month.
REVIEW: Next To Normal
Reading Time: 2 minutesBrian Yorkey’s creation of the rock musical ‘Next To Normal’ is a beautifully, heart-wrenching portrayal of the puzzling effects of grief within a family.
REVIEW: The Marilyn Conspiracy
Reading Time: 2 minutesSometime between 8:30 and 10:30pm on 24th August 1962, Marilyn Monroe – the most photographed person of the 20th century – died aged 36 of barbiturate poisoning. This was ruled a “probable suicide”
REVIEW: Dance Revolutionaries
Reading Time: 2 minutesDance Revolutionaries offers audiences the opportunity to envelope themselves into the world of renowned choreographers Kenneth MacMillan and Robert Cohan.
In Conversation with James Rowland
Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Rowland Dies at the End of the Show is the third and final part of the trilogy which began with critically-acclaimed, sell-out shows, Learning to Fly and Piece of Work, from the creator of the Songs of Friendship Trilogy.
REVIEW: An American Celebration
Reading Time: 2 minutesFantasia Orchestra opened Proms at St Jude’s Music & Literary Festival last Saturday with an eclectic mix of hymns, Pimms and strings.
In Conversation with Director Damien Ryan
Reading Time: 3 minutesSummer of Harold is a wonderful, playful, funny, and moving triptych of short plays by one of Australia’s most revered and original writers, Hilary Bell.
In Conversation with Bessy Ewa
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Bessy Ewa who plays Sybil in Chariots of Fire.
Chariots of Fire, runs in the Crucible from 6 –27 July 2024.
REVIEW: The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience
Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten by Daniel York Loh as a semi-autobiography and directed by Alice Kornitzer, Kakilang's production of The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience explores a Sino-British experience that feels remote yet suddenly recalled after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighted in the production through the racist chant "Chinese Japanese dirty knees," which hadn't been heard for a long time.