Reviews

Othello is indeed an intense play full of deceit which is driven by envy, evil and sheer irrationality. This production demonstrates a laser focus on these aspects and delivers a chilling version of this play. The dark atmosphere is written across every element of the production from the publicity to the stage and set design (Callum Dale). The potential in this very flexible and highly adaptable venue is explored with real innovation to create a very mysterious and menacing space. The lean and sleek set allows the characters to leap on stage and completely dominate the space.

Tick, Tick… Boom! is like a blueprint for a musical about life and love, sketched on the back of a napkin, caffeine-fuelled by cinnamon coffee at the Moondance Diner in New York’s SoHo. It is fast-paced and collage-like, pulling in bits of what works and what might, experimenting with musical styles to find a fit. Of course its writer, Jonathan Larson, would famously find that perfect fit a few years later with his ground-breaking stage musical RENT. This makes 1990’s Tick, Tick… Boom!

Recordings are wonderful, and an excellent way to expand your musical listening repertoire, but there is nothing to compare with being enveloped in sound that you can see, hear and feel!

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra have clearly put a lot of thought into their latest concert, Symphony Series 6 - Shadows. From the soothing sounds of Peggy Glanville-Hicks, to the virtuosity of Britten’s Violin Concerto and the ferocity of the mighty Shostakovich 10, it is a memorable evening!

Here’s a great American play about two troubled blood brothers, exact polar opposites, whose savage relationship reveals much of America’s pent-up resentments. First produced in 1980, it demonstrates the tremendous rage of writer/actor Sam Shepard when he was dealing with betrayal and disappointment. The writer of over 50 plays, he died in 2015, and his temper was well known. This tempestuous play goes some way to revealing why.