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THEATRE ARCHIVES — 2010 | 2009 | 2008

AUGUST 2010

REVIEW: The Possibilities ... And, yes, I went home amazed and disturbed by the complexity and depth of the play. MORE


NEWS: STC's Our Town takes a heart-warming look at daily life in smalltown America. MORE


NEWS: When zombies are roaming the streets, the only safe place is At The Drive-In ... a challenging performance by young Australians. MORE


NEWS: Production companies from three states combine to present a new take on Franz Kafka's immortal The Trial. MORE


REVIEW: The Schelling Point... An original, humorous, expansive play about the politics of chance, logic and rationality and the male pysche. MORE


REVIEW: Woyzeck ... A dynamic, visceral and sensual piece of theatre, enhanced by music, movement and texture. MORE


REVIEW: Princess Ivona ... a rewarding, intimate theatre experience. MORE


REVIEW: Gwen in Purgatory ... a witty, potent comedy and a vicious representation of the modern family and our aging-population problem. MORE


REVIEW: Electronic City and Fatboy ... two of the best performances I have seen on the Australian stage in the past decade. MORE



NEWS: A Woman of Berlin ... gives voice to the forgotten women of war. MORE


REVIEW: Tusk Tusk ... The young cast are required to draw on emotions of incredible depth and power. And they do it exceedingly well. MORE


NEWS: Putting Australian student theatre back on the cultural map. MORE


REVIEW: August: Osage County ... Do it now. Did you hear me? Book now, right now. This minute. MORE


REVIEW: Between Us ... The sort of fine, well written, well acted entertainment that the Ensemble seems to do so very well. MORE


NEWS: B Sharp's Yellow Moon brings four new faces to the Belvoir Street Downstairs stage. MORE


REVIEW: Golden Soil ... Australia wins the kickbacks gold in this exhilarating work in progress. MORE


NEWS: Sydney Theatre Company has won two major categories at the 2010 Green Globe Awards. MORE


NEWS: Gombrowicz's classic adult fairytale provides a tasty theatrical dining experience at Paddington's Eastside Arts Café. MORE


JULY 2010

POSTED: 21 JUL 10

REVIEW: Like a Fishbone ... The performances are skilful, compelling and mannered, providing the mouthpieces for intentionally opposing views. MORE


POSTED: 18 JUL 10

REVIEW: [title of show] ... a funny, clever and original take on the creative process, with some quite poignant and honest observations about the pursuit of one’s dreams. MORE


POSTED: 15 JUL 10

REVIEW: Dirty Butterfly ... Incredibly effective, moving and thought provoking, and way too important an issue to be sanitised. MORE


POSTED: 06 JUL 10

REVIEW: Long Day's Journey into Night ... This isn’t always an easy piece of theatre to consume, but ultimately it’s an enormously satisfying one. MORE


POSTED: 01 JUL 10

REVIEW: Shakespeare's R&J ... some wonderful, convincing acting in this courageous, left-field take on Romeo and Juliet. MORE



POSTED: 21 JUL 10

REVIEW: Rommy ... Coyle has reined in some of the wilder, more hallucinatory elements of Hammerhead but he’s certainly lost none of his imagination. MORE


POSTED: 20 JUL 10

NEWS: Anthony Warlaw to star in Sydney's world premiere of Doctor Zhivago. MORE


POSTED: 16 JUL 10

REVIEW: Crooked ... Kicks off the New Directions season in a fabulously funny fashion. MORE


POSTED: 12 JUL 10

NEWS: Jack Thompson heads a stellar cast in Blue Mountains reading of Art. And there's a fine cause behind it. MORE


POSTED: 10 JUL 10

NEWS: Renowned Australian cartoonist Bruce Petty has been busy preparing material specifically for the Australian premiere of Carol Dance’s Golden Soil. MORE


POSTED: 05 JUL 10

REVIEW: Under Milk Wood ... It’s well worth nominating Zoe Norton Lodge the theatrical revelation of the year so far. MORE


THEATRE ARCHIVES — 2010 | 2009 | 2008


THEATRE ARCHIVES — 2010 | 2009 | 2008