Reviews

An adult of my acquaintance once admitted, somewhat shallowly, that they admired the musical Into the Woods but wished it finished at interval. If it did, Sondheim’s meaning and intention would not have been realised. The Gift has a similar problem in reverse. Act One of The Gift establishes everything necessary to comprehend the complexity of the extended climax of Act Two… but I wish it started at intermission.

Crocodiles lie low in the water, unnoticed yet visible; in this new show, the co-founder of Elbow Room Theatre, director Marcel Downey, has crafted a visual and colourful palette of characters reflecting on the hidden world of Aged Care - examined with dramatic humour. It explores the core themes of modern society bound by class and race.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of SA continues their run of audience pleasers with the iconic audition musical, A Chorus Line, with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.

The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical began performances on Broadway at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre July 25, 1975 before officially opening October 19, 1975. When it closed 15 years later, it was the longest-running show in Broadway history, having played 6,137 performances.

Adrift is cross section of contemporary life with all its debilitating doubts, dangerous certainties, embedded anxieties, niggling frustrations, necessary evasions and misplaced rage.  Or, as Freud put it, ‘civilisation and its discontents’.  In snapshot grabs, the characters are locked in combat.  Most demand that others change – for their own good.  The conflicts are absurd – but not that absurd.