Reviews

The Hitmen could be about the would-be assassins. It might be about the callous nature of the corporate world and the insensitive process of the group job interview where, to succeed over the other applicants is not, it seems, dissimilar to the justification of ones very existence. But The Hitmen is also about the reasons people choose to stay alive, especially when death appears to be imminent or even preferable.  

Laura Knaggs is a great storyteller and comedian.  In this one-woman show, she plays Rosie, a hapless millennial florist beset by those silly little things that can ruin your life: a breach with your best friend – and you don’t know why – being socially gauche, getting fall-down drunk, being totally broke because your business is failing, having an aggravating if harmless regular customer, enduring a sullen, hostile-dependent employee, battling a nasty, malicious old witch of a neighbour, who smashes the owls you bought to keep off her birds, getting desperat

At a time when there are quite a few excellent productions on offer in Perth, Harbour Theatre’s production is the best choice for a “feel-good” experience. This warm hug of a production is described as “a romantic comedy with a touch of lust” but might also be described as a bittersweet “almost romance” that touches the heart.

What does a theatre company do when its star playwright retires? When the year’s one spot that is certain to pull in the crowds – the latest play from David Williamson - becomes vacant? Well, it searches back though all those past Williamson productions. And the great thing about 2010’s Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica? Not only is it a two-hander, but the original performers, Glenn Hazeldine and Georgie Parker, are both raring to go.