Reviews

Between schools and community theatres, Perth theatre patrons have had a few opportunities in the last few years to see School of Rock. Despite this, Darlington Theatre Players’ incarnation feels fresh and fun.

Clocking up 33 years in the Australian comedy scene, comedian Dave Hughes’s observations have become part of Australia’s zeitgeist. Loveable larrikin “Hughesy” has been a regular fixture on the comedy circuit, television and radio since he started his career at 22 in Perth, Australia.

This Shakespearean comedy is often viewed as a problematic play because of the shades of misogyny that it exhibits in the treatment of the rebellious Katarina (Kian Pitman). In the story her resistance to adhering to norms of femininity that favour subservience and compliance, suggest that she requires taming by her money grabbing suitor Petruchio (JP Vizcay-Wilson).

I have a suspicion that Sandi McMenamin is so committed to music and singing, that if you call her, she will accompany you whilst you are singing in the shower! Born into a passionately music focused family who loved nothing more than a sing-along, she went on to 17 years classical training, and has been involved in musical theatre, song writing, rock bands/musicals, school music teaching, choir work and music arranging but notably as a solo act that made her one of Australia's most widely travelled entertainers.