Reviews

Two expressionless men in dustcoats cycle across the stage on a stretch tandem bike.  On the long bar between them, tiny, tiny men in top hats pedal too.  They disappear.  They return, but now they have reversed positions on the bike, and they go in the opposite direction.  They disappear.  Off-stage, there is a loud crash and then a heated argument begins.  The driver has smashed the bike into a wall that is not supposed to be there.  (A metaphor?)  Off-stage, sounds of a crowbar and a jackhammer.  The argument continues on stage.  It is ph

The musical Grease retains its eternal popularity with this run, albeit short, but in a huge auditorium, completely sold out. This was a big, bright, and colourful production that had its audience clapping along.

Featuring a mammoth cast of over 70 performers, large band, and a huge production team, this was a show with lots of contributors and a great deal of community interest.

Come From Away, received with a sweeping standing ovation on Opening Night in Perth, is the strongest touring production to grace Perth in many years. On September 11, 2001, 38 planes with 6,579 passengers on board, were stranded in a remote Newfoundland town, population 10,000. The people of Gander opened their schools, churches, homes, and hearts for the “Plane People”. Come From Away is their story.

Several Adelaide companies have significant anniversary years in 2023 and for the Hills Musical Company they have launched their 50 year celebrations by re-mounting the original, and their first production of Kiss Me, Kate. Directed by the well-known and experienced director Hayley Horton, she has gathered together 22 performers and an excellent 14-person orchestra conducted by Ben Stefanoff to present this musical that ran at a little less than three hours. Kiss Me, Kate was originally produced in 1948, and is considered one of Broadway's great treasures.