Theatre Archive

Utility vehicles and red sports cars, Mechanicals in Hi-Vis vests and wielding ‘Stop’ signs,  costumes that reference the Matildas, and Barbie and Ken, are all elements that bring Glenn Elston’s interpretation of this 400-year-old comedy into the 21st century – as long …

All seven Harry Potter books in ’70 hilarious minutes’ promises the publicity for this UK production, which has already been seen by millions of muggles and wizards. And the advertising doesn’t lie. Comedians Scott Hoatson and Brendon Murphy deliver in spades as …

It’s fun, it’s colourful, delivered with verve, a good dollop of irreverence and at a cracking pace. In this iteration of Grease the Musical, what’s not to like? Even before Sandy (Annelisa Hall) and Danny (Joseph Spanti) are seen in silhouette in …

Eighteen years after it premiered at The Stables in 2006 (after which it had runs all around Australia, including the Opera House, then in London’s West End and was made into a film), Tommy Murphy’s adaptation of Timothy Conigrave’s 1995 memoir Holding the …

In this, the play that has once again coaxed Australia’s most prolific playwright out of retirement, David Williamson takes aim at greedy property developers, with a side swipe at slut shaming. The action takes place in fictional Wallis Heads, a coastal town …

Mandy McElhinney shines as the down-to-earth ‘agony aunt’ who delves into her own experiences of love and loss to advise those who seek her help (or, in some instances, offer skepticism and abuse). As a wife, a mother, a daughter, a writer, …

In 1978, when Munster became the first Irish rugby team to beat the seemingly unconquerable All Blacks, an instant legend was born. John Breen’s heart-warming comedy Alone It Stands celebrates this tale of triumph and brings another almost impossibility to life – …

At its heart, Tiddas is a play about friendship. Five forty-something women who have known each other from their schooldays in Mudgee and now live in Brisbane, meet once a month for their Book Club, which – like most book clubs – …

  With its crazy mix of comedy, clowning and aerial acrobatics, last year’s Blanc de Blanc from Strut & Fret set the bar high, and the new iteration Blanc de Blanc Encore, which has just opened at the Grand Electric in Surry …

The most important thing to know about Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall is that it is eye-streamingly funny.  Written by the Ensemble’s artistic director Mark Kilmurry and actor Jamie Oxenbould, it is a good-natured and uproarious send up of amateur theatre and …