Reviews

Yes, Prime Ministeris a popular franchise, having spawned five television series, a radio series, three novels and now a West End stage adaptation, so it seems almost sacrilege to criticize what some people regard as one of the best British television comedies ever written. But there’s the rub. This is a television concept which doesn’t belong on a stage. Despite current references to global warming, carbon tax and underage sex, I found it long past its use-by date. Some jokes landed, but for most of the evening it was a barren landscape.

The plot of Urinetown: the Musical is intriguing.  Due to a severe draught, private toilets and public urination have become outlawed, meaning the only way to relieve oneself is via the public amenities.  Failure to comply results in a one-way trip to the mythical ‘Urinetown’.  Public Amenity Number 9, run by Penelope Pennywise, is the only place the town’s poor can afford to use.  When fee hikes are introduced, the Assistant Custodian Bobby Strong – newly in love in a Romeo and Juliet-type situation – sets in motion a strike for ev

Joanna Weinberg engaged the audience from the first moment she strode out onto the stage wearing glam red sparkles in this one-woman cabaret, which was driven by lively music and memories revived by a grandmother’s piano. At first the stories come from the exotic, earlier part of the performer's life. The daughter of two penniless career musicians, she spent her childhood playing under her grandmother’s piano.

Merrigong Theatre Company’s staging of playwright Marcel Dorney’s original work Charcoal Creek was an intimate take on the darker side of Australia’s early history.

Director Anne-Louise Rentell and her team have put together a flawless production.

The opening sequence begins with Brigid’s (Catherine Moore) observations of the world around her, sometimes amusing, envious and a general reflection of life in the Illawarra.