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A Christmas Carol. Image is a darkened stage with an ensemble of Dickensian actors holding lanterns and Scrooge in a reddish dressing gown looking out through a door frame.
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Performance review: A Christmas Carol, Comedy Theatre

'A Christmas Carol' returns after a triumphant run last year, this time with Owen Teale as Scrooge.

Reuben Liversidge

Nov 27, 2023
Dirty Birds. Image a large ink set of a bedroom, with two women looking out a window with their backs to us.
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Theatre Review: Dirty Birds, Heath Ledger Theatre, WA

'Dirty Birds' explores the off-centre symmetry of sisterhood in a context of anxious absurdity.

Nanci Nott

Nov 23, 2023
A Very Jewish Christmas Carol. Image is two people standing on stage in a spotlight in front of a red curtain. One is dressed as a present, the other as a Christmas tree.
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Theatre review: A Very Jewish Christmas Carol, Southbank Theatre

A repurposing of Dickens' classic tale with a gingerbread golem and a miser called Scroogavitz.

Vanessa Francesca

Nov 23, 2023
Venus in Fur. Image is a woman in bondage gear and long dark hair standing in a purple it audition room.
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Theatre review: Venus in Fur, Fridays Studio, WA

The play within a play narrative of this production addressed themes of intersecting power and eroticism.

Nanci Nott

Nov 20, 2023
The Lost Boys. Image is a line of people on stage the diagonal, with their sides/backs to us looking off to the left.
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Performance review: The Lost Boys, Seymour Centre

An immersive landscape inspired by J M Barrie's Neverland where the audience is invited to be a part of The…

Dennis Clements

Nov 20, 2023
Welcome to Your New Life. Image is of three people sitting in a Play School like set, a man and a woman on a couch, looking expectant and listening intently, and a third person on a cube with the number 7 on the side talking to them.
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Theatre Review: Welcome to Your New Life, State Theatre Company SA

Based on a memoir, 'Welcome to your New Life' explores pregnancy and motherhood.

Dr Diana Carroll

Nov 17, 2023
Oil. Image is of a older grey haired woman in glasses and bulky padded yellow/green coat, who is pointing at a prism, which is also being looked at by a younger woman in similar attire with shortish brown hair and kneeling down.
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Theatre review: Oil, Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney

An historical play that explores the fault lines of colonialism, empire and capitalism.

Anna Westbrook

Nov 15, 2023
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Musical review: Dogfight, Chapel Off Chapel

What does a contemporary stage adaptation of this 90s movie about misogyny and sexual politics look like?

Nina Culley

Nov 14, 2023
Democracy Repair Services. Image is of four actors on a black stage that can barely be seen, but each has a head torch
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Theatre review: Democracy Repair Services, Blue Room Theatre, WA

This subversive play challenges concepts of democracy by exploring the dark side of general consensus.

Nanci Nott

Nov 14, 2023
Orlando. Image is of four actors in red jackets back to back with each other and with arms raised in front of them.
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Musical review: Orlando, fortyfivedownstairs

This adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel, 'Orlando', is promising but patchy.

Reuben Liversidge

Nov 14, 2023
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