Arts and Entertainment Archive

What a wonderful production of Edward Albee’s searingly black comedy! George and Martha, middle-aged, married and famously unhappy, first burst onto the stage in 1962 and ultimately the play was a huge success – even though, according to the program notes, ‘it …

Billed as ‘a rollicking queer Western’, Charlie Josephine’s Cowbois , which debuted in the UK in 2023, could also be described as a gay rights party – with guns. And cowboys. Whatever it is, with its gunsmokin’, all singin’ and dancin’ cast …

Old men behaving badly. Old men with power, who rule kingdoms or countries, behaving badly? Yep. Should parents be wary of giving too much dosh and agency to their offspring? Probably. Not much has changed since Shakespeare’s King Lear first entertained audiences …

When you wake up thinking about the show you saw the night before, you know it made an impression and this Romeo & Juliet, directed by Bell Shakespeare’s Peter Evans, stays in the mind for all the right reasons. It is absorbing …

Spring heralds a celebratory time, blossoming with new beginnings and hope. Likewise, Bach Akademie Australia’s performance of JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at The Brandenburg Concertos on Saturday November 15 on the Pier is a joyous tribute that opens up the breath of Bach’s …

  FULL DISCLOSURE, folks: This is not my review. It is written by Diana Simmonds of Stage Noise, and she has kindly given her permission to reprint it here. (Why didn’t I review it? The secret is in the cast names! No …

It is always a challenge to say something new about our favourite piano classics. No matter how brilliant they may be, musicians who choose to perform pieces from this repertoire run the risk of leaving the audience uninspired. But this couldn’t be …

A British film festival wouldn’t be complete without at least one cinematic period drama. Bringing little-known histories to light with visual beauty, attention to detail and exaggerated emotional heart seems to be a common theme among England’s most critically acclaimed films. Think …

A comedy about climate change? Played by actors, naked apart from crocs and handmade hats? Yes, you can ask why. Here’s the playwright, Ang Collins: ‘Long story short – the combination of a bushfire evacuation, a love of nude beaches and …

Billed as intoxicating blend of spectacle, comedy and cabaret, La Ronde does not disappoint. The performers – who include acrobats, trapeze artistes and aerialists – hail from Australia and overseas, and do things with their bodies which cause us mere mortals wonder …