Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

May 14, 2021 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Preface: I attended Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner as a reviewer on April 21. I read the script in advance, drove 100 kilometres to attend the show, drove 100 kilometres home, wrote the review, filed it the next morning, and then learned that the producers did not want me reviewing…

April 27, 2021 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Hayes Theatre, April 7 7/10 Don’t you hate it when you can see exactly how you’re being emotionally manipulated, yet it still works? The plot turning-points arrive as punctually as Japanese trains, and yet rather than just dispassionately watching them go by, you’re still sucked in for the ride. I…

April 16, 2021 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Sydney Lyric, March 27 10/10 Yes, it really is that good. How better to depict the American Revolution than with a hip hop musical theatre revolution? The words fly at you like grapeshot from a canon, but from the moment you adjust to their velocity the history becomes the hip…