Review: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Sydney Theatre Company)
Another penetrating tour de force from an auteur director, this thrilling production demands and delivers in equal kind.
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Another penetrating tour de force from an auteur director, this thrilling production demands and delivers in equal kind.
This production is a bracing, sharp-witted and entertaining contemporary retelling of a provocative feminist classic, which still feels depressingly relevant.
This live cinema experience about the loss of the video store is an original feat of Australian independent theatre, thoughtful and affecting.
Not a lot of spontaneity seemed permitted in the on-stage conversations, but this piece about disability, diversity and understanding brims with kindness, compassion and resolution.
This new, big-hearted musical by Hannah Reilly and Megan Washington offers a nourishing if simple beam of hope.
There is much to ache through in Will Arbery's 2019 Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, which is masterfully directed by Craig Baldwin and superbly performed.
David Williamson's Nearer The Gods is full of wit and wisdom, and an easy story to enjoy.
This stage adaptation of Cassavetes' film is skilfully reimagined, but lacklustre performances counteract the building tension.
You can't help but surrender to this transcendently titillating, bawdy and big-hearted celebration of the sexual and the sensual.
Nathan Maynard's brilliant, spring-loaded script is so ready to be told, asking provocative questions about blood and belonging, truth and identity.
Killing Katie is currently playing at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre. It was Tracey Trinder's first and last play, commissioned and rehearsed before she died last year. There is now an award named in her honour.
This production attempts to update the themes and speak their relevance to an Australian audience, but doesn't quite succeed.
This latest iteration never rose above the moderately amusing, though many fans in the audience clearly enjoyed every minute.