Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

January 28, 2022 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

The Joan, January 15 7/10 Stories, we are often told, must have a beginning, a middle and an end. The hard part is often knowing where and how to end, especially when the raw material is biographical or, worse, autobiographical. Deborah Pollard’s self-devised, one-woman show was shaping up as the…

January 25, 2022 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Drama Theatre, January 14 7/10 “It gets pretty bouncy around here sometimes,” George tells Nick early in Act Two. “Bouncy” epitomises George’s love of understatement, a weapon in his eternal war with his predatory wife, Martha. Part of the timeless genius of Edward Albee’s 1962 play lies in its being…

January 21, 2022 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Riverside Theatre, January 13 7/10 “I haven’t worked in two years,” Cassie tells Zach, and she could be speaking for actors, dancers, singers, musicians, creatives and crew everywhere. Amy Campbell’s Darlinghurst Theatre production of A Chorus Line was originally slated for March 2020. It previewed but didn’t open. She assembled…