Hayes Theatre, January 22 2.5/10 Why do people sing in musicals? Since the art-form began to achieve some sophistication with Show Boat (1927), the answer, beyond pure entertainment, has lain with plot and, primarily, character. When expressing inner thoughts, for instance, a character can sing lines that would sound lame…
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Old Fitz Theatre, January 21 7.5/10 Given that corruption is now a fully legitimate tool in the democratic process (if it wasn’t always), perhaps we should look at legalising other previously reviled behavioural forms. What about such low acts as cutting other people’s kite-strings, or obliging actors to eat broken…
Wentworth Falls School of Arts, January 18 8/10 “Nothing that is so is so,” says Feste the fool, the only character in Twelfth Night who has a firm grip on his own heart, mind and identity. The rest are pretenders, double-dealers, liars, spongers, narcissists, sycophants, self-deceivers, maniacs, or all of…