Varekai opens with an explosion of colourful creatures preening and playing in a mythical surround. It’s a world to which we are convincingly transported for the next couple of hours.
In The Good Thief, acclaimed Irish playwright Conor McPherson uses his country’s tradition of semi-sober storytelling to tell the tale of a crime gone wrong.
For Trevorrow and Connelli, pushing the boundaries of conventional sexual identity is a core theme. What’s fascinating is how differently they approach the task.
The story of the prodigal’s return is of biblical origin but, in the hands of this accomplished writer, Kate Mulvany, it presents a very controlled and confronting dramatic plot.
