The Witches started life as a book, by Roald Dahl, but was adapted, by children's theatrician, David Wood, into New Theatre's latest summer holiday production.
The Ensemble Theatre continues it's longstanding, consistent record of setting a very high standard in children's theatre, this time in collaboration with Off The Cuff Productions.
Diabate, Lang & Singh meld mellifluously. While solo kora takes some exposure & experience to get inside, this almost definitive world musical trio breathtakingly demonstrates what synergy really means.
With a cast of 40 champion acrobats from Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Mongolia and Russia Le Grand Cirque Aerial Dreams transformed the Sydney Opera House into a fun house of amazing stunts, athletic prowess and aerial wizardry.
Penned by British playwright, Philip Ridley some time ago, Vincent River has enjoyed a recent revival elsewhere, but this is its first outing on an Australian Stage
These two pieces were developed through improvisation by playwright Jo Turner in collaboration with his cast and are not exactly traditional “plays” at all.
All-in-all, I must confess a creeping notion Short 'n' Sweet might be riding its own wave a little too ambitiously. Is there a whiff of veritable corporatisation about, in its quest for world domination?
Despite the inevitable ending and sobering personal examinations within, Ensemble Theatre’s production of Tuesdays with Morrie is a surprisingly funny and tender play… full of quick one liners and insightful banter, beautifully performed.
A gifted embroider of words, Friel combines soft lyricism and hard meaning in his play, a tragical comical historical pastoral on a spree and spoiling for a spirited spar.
In the care of Pinchgut Opera’s director, Erin Helyard, this music, formulaic as it indeed is in some respects, sprang off the page into an experience rich in emotions.
Iolanthe and Janet Anderson work in cosmic, comedic accord, characterisation charismatic, timing impeccable, delivery precise, together a tour de force that ascends the cliché.
Blind faith and rational belief are always sparring partners in dramatic conflict and so it is here with the power play tinged with superstition and salaciousness.