Sean Ward Archive

Review: The Good Doctor

  A Moscow chill is in the air at the Glen Street Theatre with Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor, a work that with its humour and touchingly human dilemmas dispels the cliché portrayal of 19th century Russia as harsh, unyielding and soporific. This …

Sydney Festival Review: Knee Deep

The new Casus Circus act, Knee Deep, now performing as part of the Sydney Festival in the Famous Spiegeltent, is not your usual circus affair. On the black raised platform the Brisbane foursome – three men, one woman – share a story …

Review: Lord of the Dance, Dangerous Games

While the golden age of the Irish dancing phenomenon may have been back in the ‘90s, Michael Flately’s new show Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games, at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre, is certainly bringing back Irish flair. It is clear Flatley wants to …

Review: Thank you for being a friend

With this warm and funny hand-puppet production, Thomas Duncan-Watt and Jonathan Worsley have created a show that will delight even the most discerning fan of the great 1980s hit sitcom, The Golden Girls. It was just like the old days with anticipation …