Arts and Entertainment Archive

As director Neil Armfield notes in the program, to write and stage a play about the ‘inheritance of fascism in Spain might seem a massive reach’. And indeed, for those who know little or nothing of the Spanish Civil War, the Franco …

Monique is the mother-in-law from hell in David Williamson’s biting new comedy. She’s entitled, vain, manipulative, hypocritical, selfish and self-obsessed and who knows why her three adult sons have put up with her for his long, unless it’s just for the adoration …

It is a rare play that is both entertainingly funny yet also has such serious things to say. But Arrernte playwright Declan Furber Gillick’s Jacky, a snappy 100 minutes, certainly delivers. Jacky, played by Guy Simon, is a smart and enterprising young …

This is a play about ego and ambition, ignorance and fear. It is a story of corruption, deception, ignorance and fear. But also, friendships. And there are jokes, too. These aren’t my words – they are spoken by the actor Jamie Oxenbould …

Di Smith is not new to the Australian public. Fans know her well from her role as Dr Alex Fraser in the long-running TV series A Country Practice, Australian cinema, Charlie and Boots and Emoh Ruo, Muriel’s Wedding, Puberty Blues and most recently, her …

Walking into WildThingProduction’s Seventeen at the Seymour Centre, we were instantly taken back to high school. The stage had been covered in AstroTurf. There was a broken swing-set, a graffitied table and even a bubbler, small details designed to spark our own …

  Acknowledging the inevitability of death seems to be all the rage at the moment, what with the TV series Swedish Death Cleaning and Ray Martin considering his burial/funeral options on his three-part doco on the ABC, but British playwright Laura Wade’s …

Music is the language of us all The Cat Empire’s latest show at the Sydney Opera House was an electrifying display of the band’s capacity to escape all limits of genre. Performing for the first time alongside the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the …

Melanie Tait’s new play is a comedy drama centred on Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford, the dedicated nanny/governess to the two little girls who would become better known to the world as Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. Those who have an inkling of …

This production of Gaslight is a beautifully polished work that keeps audiences guessing – no mean feat for period drama. In their clever adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play, Johnna Wright and Patty Jamieson have kept the nuances of Victorian Gothic but …