Drama Theatre, February 12 8/10 “Whoever thought you’d die from having sex?” asks Felix late in this play. AIDS has killed about seven times more people than COVID, behind which statistic lie value judgements made by governments, pharmaceutical companies, religious organisations, the medical profession and perhaps the public at large.…
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Wharf 1 Theatre, February 6 8/10 Faith has been a fickle mistress for Solomon Jasper. She’s steeled his will in the fight for Civil Rights, but failed to assuage his disappointment in his sons, or prevent his leaving an illegitimate brood in his wake. So Solomon, a retired living treasure…
Belvoir St Theatre, January 30 9/10 Long after Chrissy Amphlett’s band, The Divinyls, ground to a halt, she imagined doing a one-woman a theatrical show about herself and her songs. Having spent her Divinyls career playing a fiery, racy, pouting, unpredictable schoolgirl, she wanted a character this time, too, reportedly…