Reviews

Roleystone Theatre’s Annie was lucky to reach the stage. A fraught rehearsal period left the show rehearsing in half a dozen different venues, waiting for their home theatre to be repaired. When it was discovered that the theatre could not be used, there was a last minute scramble to find a venue. They are currently playing an (interrupted) run at Kalamunda Performing Arts Centre. Despite their fraught labour, Annie is a great little show, with excellent production values and some impressive performances.

Born from the era that gave rise to hippie culture and its ideals of peace-and-love, Godspell spoke to a generation that were able to embrace what they saw as the positive, relatable aspects contained in the Gospels and their account of Jesus’ teachings.

Wild is a fresh, clever, pacey, engrossing work.  In fact you don’t know what has hit you when you walk out of the auditorium.

As a probe of the public/private realm, that highlights just how vulnerable we are to scrutiny in all aspects of our lives, it is very timely.  It suggests that even those of us who have lived only a small percentage of our lives on/with social media are still vulnerable to not having the luxury of keeping any dark secrets in the proverbial closet.

What would happen if a right-wing politician was faced with the consequences of his rhetoric? It’s the tantalising proposition that forms the basis of this hard-hitting but hilarious black comedy. While the politically charged script will be too close to reality for the comfort of our right-leaning readers, if you’re a centrist or a leftie, you’ll love it. The problem is, it’s the right-wing that could most benefit from deeply considering the massages in Katy Warner’s clever script.