Reviews

The Amateurs is certainly a curious little play – part Medieval Morality, part drama history thesis – a lesson in theatre, from ancient Greek masks and choruses right up to the modernist and absurdist styles perhaps favoured by plaid-shirted hipsters from Brooklyn. That’s an in-joke perpetrated on the playwright by the playwright at the play’s midway point, when the actors ‘break the fourth wall’ and become the performers who are portraying the medieval players.

Peter Pan, in its many forms, is a production that it continues to be a favourite. With several versions playing in Western Australia at the moment, and the credit appearing in many of this cast’s biographies. This production manages to find some points of difference and is a quality production with strong production values.

Glitz and glamour currently abound at the Twelfth Night Theatre with producer Samantha Paterson and director Shaun McCallum's production of this camp musical adaptation of the popular movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. With a cast of twenty-two, many playing different roles and requiring numerous costume changes, this community production well-captures the essence of the show and, on opening night, had many an audience member laughing, cheering and singing along with the vivacious cast and rollicking orchestral accompaniment.

This wasn’t your parents’ Godspell. WAAPA’s Godspell, playing to capacity crowds, was presented by Second Year Musical Theatre Students and crewed, built and designed by WAAPA Production and Design Students.