

Disarmingly relaxed yet consummately professional, Teddy Tahu Rhodes sat on a bar-stool and rotated it from time to time to look at the players behind him – and at the end of the performance he was perfectly happy to cart it offstage himself.

The sum of the parts is uplifting, astonishing in its breadth and re-affirms the place of theatre in a fast paced consumer dominated world.

Nominated in 2010 for three Tony Awards, and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Sarah Ruhl’s provocatively titled In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play is sure to be a runaway success for the Sydney Theatre Company.

Speaking in Tongues depicts a world of rapidly unravelling relationships, centred on two married couples who set out to betray their partners.

Tell it Like it Isn’t is teenage angst minus the clichés and was exciting to see, both as a theatre piece that showcases the potential of the HSC individual project and the collective talent at ATYP.
