Andrew Henry Archive

Review: Orphans, The old Fitz, Woolloomooloo

Review: Orphans, The old Fitz, Woolloomooloo

  Anthony Gooley’s Orphans, performed at The Old Fitz – my new profoundly favourite pub-theatre in the centre of Sydney – is a heart-warming thriller with a social index: the abuse and neglect of orphaned children that is still relevant today. Walking …
Review: Howie the Rookie

Review: Howie the Rookie

Toby Schmitz has a killer script in his hands with Mark O’Rowe’s no holds barred knockout of a play, Howie the Rookie. Returning to his Sydney stomping ground, the Old Fitzroy Hotel, Schmitz directs a blistering 80-minute tale of revenge, redemption and a …