Reviews

We’re Probably Really Really Happy Right Now

By Ellen Grimshaw. Theatre Works, St Kilda. Feb 24 – Mar 6, 2021

We’re Probably Really Really Happy Right Now, a quirky new upbeat theatrical performance written by VCA Master of Writing for Performance graduate Ellen Grimshaw, and directed by Sarah Vickery, opens the 2021 Theatre Works season.

The Boy Who Talked to Dogs

From the book by Martin McKenna, and adapted by Amy Conroy. Slingsby and State Theatre Company SA. Adelaide Festival. Thomas Edmonds Opera Studio. Feb 25 – Mar 14, 2021

‘What’s wrong with you?’ screams almost everyone in Marty’s life, but there’s little wrong with this wonderful piece of theatre from South Australia’s Slingsby and State Theatre Company.

I Made an Adult

Conceived and performed by Tracy Crisp. Adelaide Fringe Festival 2021, Main Stage at Bakehouse, Feb 22 – Mar 6, 2021

It is midnight. Well doesn’t every Mum only have that time available to make a cake? Not just any cake, however; this is the final Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake, lovingly made by Tracy Crisp for her youngest son’s 18th birthday. As she stirs, she turns the pages of her memories back to the start of her journey as a mother. The fourth in a quartet of plays, this 50 minute gem is a warm, loving and beautifully drawn story.

Theatre of Bondage

Adelaide Fringe Festival 2021. The Shed Rehearsal Theatre, Rear Warehouse, Cumberland Park. Feb 25 – 27, 2021

Theatre of Bondage is a journey into the art of shibari. ‘Shibari is a contemporary form of rope bondage that originated in Japan.

Unsung

Amelia Ryan and Libby O’Donovan. Adelaide Fringe Festival. The Queens. Feb 25 - Mar 7, 2021

Amelia Ryan and Libby O’Donovan are a powerhouse combination, oozing energy and an abundance of talent, as they effortlessly command the stage with their undeniable chemistry taking the audience on a journey through a musical landscape stretching as far back as the 1960s.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

By Tennessee Williams. Canberra Repertory, directed by Anne Somes. Canberra Rep Theatre, 18 February – 6 March 2021.

 

Reuben Kaye

Adelaide Fringe Festival 2021. Wonderland Spiegeltent Festival Hub. Feb 19 - Mar 21, 2021.

Reuben Kaye is a celebration of everything that is LGBTQ+ (or ‘queer’ in simpler language).

A German Life

By Christopher Hampton. Adelaide Festival. Dunstan Playhouse. Feb 19 – 14 Mar, 2021

Written by British playwright Christopher Hampton, and directed by Neil Armfield, A German Life reminds us both how shocking, and ordinary, war and its privations become, seen through the eyes of those who are aggrieved, and those who see themselves as ordinary citizens, doing whatever it takes to survive.

Young Frankenstein

Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan. Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks. Hayes Theatre Co. Directed by Alexander Berlage. Feb 18 – Mar 27, 2021

Life must be getting back to normal when you are allowed to squeeze into the 111 seat Hayes Theatre, which is back open for the first time in eleven months, albeit at 75% capacity.

The venue sprang back with a delicious quantity of concentrated talent in front of a small but privileged audience.

Tosca

By Puccini. Opera Australia. Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. Feb 22 – Mar 13, 2021

John Bell’s revived production of Tosca resets Puccini’s popular masterpiece from the Napoleonic era to 1943 when the Nazi’s took over Rome.

The celebrated Shakespearean actor/director brings a great theatrical detailing to this period production which, married to Puccini’s driving, melodramatic narrative, produces all the emotional excitement of a 1940’s Hollywood blockbuster.

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