Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

August 3, 2019 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Drama Theatre, July 20 6/10 It takes 14 pages for her to appear, and another five before she has much to say, but JG Milford certainly shakes up the 1890s town of Koolgalla. Just her gender kicks off that process, because Rufus Torrent, editor of the Koolgalla Argus, assumed JG…

July 31, 2019 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Old Fitz Theatre, July 13 8/10 Had the good Lord not seen fit to invent Ireland, the post-Shakespeare English-speaking stage would look a nudge threadbare without Goldsmith, Sheridan, Wilde, Shaw, Yeats, Synge, O’Casey, Beckett, Behan and the rest. Despite being London born and bred, Martin McDonagh can just about squeeze…

July 12, 2019 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Eternity Playhouse, July 3 7/10 It’s apt that “upon a time” is missing from the title, because Once is a timeless fairy-tale of some dreams coming true, and others withering. John Carney’s 2007 film ruthlessly stripped away any sentimentality, thereby making achingly real the tale of love thwarted and musical…