Reviews

In an original subversion of Jane Austen’s role in creating the characters, backgrounds, settings, plot, and witty dialogues of Pride and Prejudice, Joanna Norland’s Lizzy, Darcy & Jane introduces the notion of the reciprocal effects that the novel’s chief characters might have on Austen and her own love life were they able to escape the confines of the book and enter into our world — and the consequences in motivating Austen to alter key moments in the novel.  The play re-uses many pieces of dialogue from the novel in new contexts, thereby

To imagine Duck Pond, you need to take a deep breath and open your mind to physically surprising possibilities entwined into a transformed storyline. It’s not what you might think!

The world’s most romantic ballet is re-imagined as a feather flying circus spectacular and infused with cheeky humour and contemporary energy that will resonate with you.

First Date is an intimate musical cleverly staged in Koorliny’s smaller theatre as dinner theatre, taking us into the restaurant setting of the show. Nicely performed, it is an entertaining show that leaves its audience smiling.

Class Act Theatre, established in 1994 as a Theatre in Education Company, before branching into mainstream shows, presents its final ever show. This production of The Tempest, directed by Stephen Lee, who has over 100 Shakespeare productions under his belt, is set in a Star Trek come Lost in Space Universe, where Prospero’s Cell is an “antique” Spaceship on a small, lonely planet called The Island.