Reviews

The cast and music are ‘Simply the Best’ in a near faultless performance that propelled the audience to their feet.

Life on Hold Productions is a small, mobile theatre company that has chosen some unusual, not conventionally theatrical spaces in which to perform. Their latest production, the World Premiere of Yvette Wall’s At Home with the Sheridans, is resident in a function room at Edz Sports Bar at Hamilton Hill, an intimate space, which allows the small audience to be very close to the action. Being staged in a pub means that the audience are also welcome to bring their drinks into the show.

Every time I see a Pymble Players production I am always immediately struck by the attention to detail with the scenery.  When I walked in to see this play, however, I noticed very quickly that there was clearly less decoration on the stage and I thought to myself ‘there’s obviously a reason for that’.  Apart from the fact that this play is mainly set in the backyard, the reason for the relatively pared back scenery soon became very apparent:  it simply isn’t necessary.  The quality of the performances in this production is so high that any superf

What a triumph for Willoughby Theatre Company! The Von Trapp family has made its jubilant, musical way to Chatswood and the Concourse is alive with The Sound of Music. Heralded by a magnificent choir of fourteen nuns, they take the audience back in time to 1938 as the Third Reich invades Austria, and those who resist are swept away – unless, like the von Trapps, they have the courage to escape.