Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

April 15, 2019 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Ensemble Theatre, April 3 7.5/10 Can there be a bigger gulf in the world of musical theatre than seeing Saturday Night Fever and The Last Five Years on successive nights? The dance-focused former has a skeletal story and functional music; the latter is a bold piece of conceptual and compositional…

April 12, 2019 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Sydney Lyric Theatre, April 2 7/10 Forget the story, acting and music for a moment. Let’s get physical. Let’s talk dancing. This is the best ensemble dancing I’ve ever seen in an Australian production of a musical. Obviously Malik Le Nost’s red-hot choreography (aided by Mitchell Woodcock) is vital to…

April 11, 2019 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Riverside Theatre, March 30 4.5/10 Dr Jose P Rizal is a hero of the Philippines’ struggle for independence from Spain. He was executed for his writings, including his semi-autobiographical novel Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not), which in part exposed the Catholic Church’s complicity in brutal colonialism. Allan McFadden (music…