Reviews

Mary Anning was born in Lyme Regis, England at the end of the 18th century, where science was not an option for a woman, even one as talented and passionate about studying the past through the fossils that she discovered at the foot of the cliffs where she lived.

For an hour in Ayers House in Adelaide, Michelle Nightingale and Michael Mills take us on a journey through her life: surviving as the ‘Lightning Girl’ and following the passions of her father and brother to discover significant remains of animals from the Jurassic period.

Curtin University’s Theatre Arts and the Hayman Theatre Company presents their 2023 Stage One Production, which is ’traditionally” staged at the Blue Room, the World Premiere of Takeaway. This black comedy, set in the back room of a pizza restaurant, is “about how the more things change, the more they stay the same”.

In musical theatre timing is everything and whether it is by good luck or good management, Xanadu is perfectly timed with Mardi Gras, Sydney World Pride and even the State Funeral for our beloved Olivia Newton John taking place on the opening weekend of this 80s camp fest fantasy musical based on the cult movie starring Olivia and dance legend Gene Kelly.

Xanadu is the first production of this indi theatre company which strives to provide high quality performance opportunities in a supportive and inclusive environment for professionally trained and technical artists.

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM was born in 1912 in New Zealand. Some two years later, her family moved to Sydney where she grew up, and for this reason, we have long claimed Nancy as an Australian. Also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, Hélène by the British Special Operations Executive, Andrée by the French Resistance and White Mouse by the Gestapo in France, she was a nurse who retrained and worked in the 1930s for Hearst newspapers as a journalist.