Theatre Archive

These two one act plays are linked by their examination of death and the road to dying. Yielding is first. It’s a two-hander, performed by Tricia Youlden and Emma Dalton, and it is unremittingly bleak, which may have been writer Emma Workman’s …

First performed in 1995, Honour has become an Australian classic and this version, with a few tweaks to acknowledge Twitter and other forms of social media, is sharp and immediate. The catastrophe at its heart is commonplace. As playwright Joanna Murray-Smith says, …

  Compelling, moving and a visual delight, Claudel is the tragic story of a woman whose ambition to excel as a sculptor was cut short, oppressed by disapproving family and the strong hand of the patriarchy. It is written and directed by Wendy Beckett …

Three of the principal characters from the iconic and supremely funny BBC TV series Fawlty Towers are waiting to serve you (or not) when you book in to this interactive, immersive dining-cum-theatre experience. Expect to be greeted by Basil (Jack Newell) or …

These two Australian coming-of-age stories both ask, in different ways, for us to take a fresh look at ourselves, how we see ourselves and each other. First up is:  The Sorry Mum Project, written and performed by Pippa Ellams. Mothers are embarrassing, …

I went to Outdated with some trepidation, fearing yet another unlikely ‘love blossoms in the autumn years’ a la Best Exotic Marigold Hotel or some such. What a wonderfully happy relief to find it is not! Written and directed by Mark Kilmurry, …

Good news for all those who missed out on tickets for The Wharf Revue: Good Night and Good Luck at the Opera House. There is to be an encore season at the Seymour Centre from 24 March to 24 April. 2020 gave …

‘All for one and one for all’, that’s the pledge Susan, Frances, Elizabeth and Jackie make each other as schoolgirls. We meet them as adolescents, wondering about the facts of life and how best to rile their art teacher. The girls are …

Adapted by Steve Rodgers and performed by Ben Wood, Kenny is not so much a retelling of the 2006 feelgood movie – tag-lined a ‘knight in shining overalls’ – but an excellent 80-minute corollary to it. Director Mark Kilmurry hit upon the …

What a joy to be once more in a theatre and entertained, in this case by the super-slick cast and crew of Pippin. Billed as a musical, Pippin is more than that: it is also part magic show part cabaret and part …