Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

December 7, 2021 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Wharf 1 Theatre, November 19 5.5/10 Julius Caesar, the man, is said to have suffered 23 stab wounds. Julius Caesar, the play, has suffered thousands more. Like Coriolanus and The Tempest, it’s favoured by those keen to stamp an ideology on Shakespeare, spurred on by the politics of dictatorship versus…

December 6, 2021 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Lennox Theatre, November 16 7/10 This revival has Norm wearing a tee-shirt that looks just like Scott Morrison’s mask, although Norm’s tee-shirt has “Australia” written on it, in case someone’s a bit slow with flags. Maybe Morrison’s mask has “Australia” on it, too – tucked under his chin, like a…

November 12, 2021 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Hayes Theatre, October 26 8/10 This was a gutsy move. A more timid theatre may have shied from reopening with Stephen Sondheim’s biggest Broadway flop. But Merrily won’t flop this time, and singing It’s a Hit won’t be the excruciating experience it must have been for the cast in 1981.…