Reviews

Rarely do I review a play where I am unable to make comment on an area for improvement or a characterisation that just didn’t quite hit the mark, but The Whale, presented by the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild is flawless. It is visceral, powerful, claustrophobic and uplifting all at the same time. Geoff Brittain is to be lauded for assembling a wonderfully talented cast of five who bring the play to life with empathy and deep understanding of character.

Ghostlight Theatre Co. proves Brisbane’s independent theatre scene is a hotbed of fearless creativity. Their latest production, Night of the Living Dead! The Musical!, directed by Yasmin Elahi, is a riotous, blood-splattered, and surprisingly polished spectacle that fuses the undead with rock ’n’ roll. It’s a deliriously funny homage to George A. Romero’s cult classic and a testament to what can be achieved when a creative team commits wholeheartedly to theatrical chaos.

It is always interesting to see how differently an actor approaches a role that they reprise, and for Peter Goers, this is a passionate revisiting of his role as lovable, gentle and kind Elwood P. Dowd in Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, Harvey.  Interestingly, it remains the fourth-longest-running play in the history of Broadway.

The clocks stopped at 9.13am on the morning of 21 October 1966, when a 34 metre high colliery spoil tip suddenly slid downhill and engulfed the Junior School and a row of houses. The 5,000-strong village of Aberfan lost 116 children and 28 adults that day.