John Shand Posts

Reginald Theatre, April 11 8/10 “When you speak another language… you go years without making anyone laugh,” Marjan says towards the end of this play, in which she helps four Iranian students in Karaj prepare for their Test of English as a Foreign Language exam. Her statement is mildly ironic,…

Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera Huse April 7 7/10 When I was about eight, I became lost in a forest, and found it the most exhilarating feeling I’d known. I suspect British playwright Jez Butterworth sought to give his audiences a similar sense of disorientation with The River. Time bends, characters…