REVIEW: ADHD? WTF is ADHD!
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Though it explores an important subject matter, the show’s commitment to education is also its vice.’
Category ★★★☆☆
REVIEW: The Addams Family
Reading Time: 2 minutesStarring Alexandra Burke as Morticia, Lesley Joseph as Grandma, Clive Rowe as Uncle Fester and Ricardo Afonso as Gomez, everyone’s favourite kooky family are back on stage this summer in THE ADDAMS FAMILY.
REVIEW: Grooming My Ass at The Space Triplex
Reading Time: 2 minutesPicture this: you’re seventeen. You’re a twink. You’re the hottest 17-year-old twink that’s ever existed. And then bam! You get it. A Grindr notification. From a blank profile. A 26-year-old man... Oh what the universe has in store... Now, four years, copious amounts of weed, a gender transition and several high doses of psychedelics later, Ryann Lynn Murphy tells a story about a girl who got groomed.
REVIEW: Pickled Republic
Reading Time: < 1 minutePickled Republic is a surreal one-woman theatrical cabaret show for adults, created and performed by Ruxy Cantir, exploring our deep-rooted need for purpose. Encased in a pickle jar, Ruxy uses exceptional clowning, puppetry, mask theatre, and movement to portray a plethora of characters, asking deep existential questions and offering ridiculous answers.
REVIEW: Jumper Bumps
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Wonderfully genuine actors and a script full of potential’
REVIEW: The Marriage of Figaro by Opera Kipling
Reading Time: 3 minutesA fun but slightly confused imagining of Mozart’s famous opera Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro is taking to the stage in Opera Kipling’s new, ninety-minute production. All the action in this opera occurs on the day of servants Susannah and…
REVIEW: Dru Cripps: Juicy Bits
Reading Time: 2 minutesunpredictable improv Last year, Dru Cripps found the props for his Fringe show had been accidentally thrown out, so this year he’s back with no props (aside from a loop machine attached to him) and a completely…
REVIEW: Doomsday Baby
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe subtleties of Tooley’s writing get a little lost in the noise Directed by Jez Davess-Humphrey, Jacqueline Tooley’s Doomsday Baby takes place in the aftermath of a climate collapse event, following a mother (Jodyanne Fletcher Richardson) and…
REVIEW: Collapse
Reading Time: 2 minutesA tightly paced comedy that uses humour to explore themes of trauma, relationships and renewal within the confines of a single day. I went into Collapse expecting a brooding reflection on loss and recovery, but instead I…
REVIEW: THE CEREMONY
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn evening of improvisational ritual that caters a bit too attentively to the goofiness of its late-night audience and doesn’t follow through on the poignant interactive experience it promises. I could try to write something poignant about…