Review: The Lady in the Van (Melbourne Theatre Company)
The indomitable Miriam Margolyes shines as the real-life vagrant who lived in playwright Alan Bennett’s front yard for 15 years.
The indomitable Miriam Margolyes shines as the real-life vagrant who lived in playwright Alan Bennett’s front yard for 15 years.
Geraldine Hakewill is heartbreaking as LV, with Caroline O’Connor in fine form as her bulldozer of a mother.
A rich portrait of a girls’ indoor soccer team that captures all the awkwardness, pain and joy of soon to be shed adolescence.
Composer Ian Munro discusses the new show based on the picture book, which has a classical score that references birds and a bunyip, and includes a children’s round.
AD Julia Zemiro has revealed a taste of what’s to come with six early release shows, including cabaret star Ute Lemper.
A seemingly humble two-hander from America takes on the world, teasing, prodding and ultimately assaulting audiences’ unease about race.
The Australian playwright has picked up yet another honour for her debut play The Almighty Sometimes.
A sovereign adaptation by William Zappa that shows us just how much war impoverishes the human spirit.
Jay James-Moody gives an astonishing performance in a strange, solo, vaudevillian musical.
A bold, stark staging that draws you into an intense, emotionally complex, gripping production.
A raw, confronting, but ultimately hopeful show that eloquently tackles the subject of Indigenous youth suicide.
Other big contenders include La Boite’s Prize Fighter and Queensland Theatre, debase productions and JUTE Theatre Company’s The Longest Minute.
The musical based on the wildly popular 2013 Disney film, best know for the hit song Let it Go, will have its Australian premiere season in 2020.