Theatre / “Exclusion”. Written and directed by David Atfield, at The Street Theatre until November 17. Reviewed by LEN POWER
IT’LL be a case of “Wham Glam Circus Man!” when Canberra’s Warehouse Circus launches its 2018 “Circus for Life” Festival tonight (November 8) with a show of the same name. “CityNews” caught up with seasoned […]
Arts editor HELEN MUSA previews a new Canberra satirical comedy that looks at how things might unfold if we had a gay prime minister.
Theatre / “A Vicar of Dibley Christmas – The Second Coming”. Adapted by Ian Gower and Paul Carpenter and directed by Jon Elphick. At Belconnen Theatre until November 3. Reviewed by LEN POWER
theatre / “Déjà Revue”, The Wharf Review, Sydney Theatre Company, at The Canberra Theatre, October 23 to November 3. Reviewed by JOE WOODWARD
“SHELL Shock” is a reminder that theatre at its best is always about something real, not an escape from reality. “CityNews” caught up with a preview performance two weeks ago at Canberra Museum and Gallery […]
GOULBURN is the place to be this weekend for all serious theatre lovers. In an exciting community initiative, Lieder Theatre Company director Chrisjohn Hancock has invited Polish performance company Teatr Brama to join them in […]
FERVENT declarations of devotion to theatre were to the fore today as The Q, Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, as it announced the formation of a new theatre company, Echo, with Canberra actor Jordan Best appointed as […]
Theatre / “Julius Caesar”. By William Shakespeare, directed by James Evan. Bell Shakespeare. At Canberra Theatre Centre until October 20. Reviewed by JOE WOODWARD
EVEN as the National Museum of Australia celebrates the noblest Roman of them all in “Rome: City and Empire”, Bell Shakespeare is letting slip the dogs of war in a gritty iteration of “Julius Caesar” […]
EVER since female actors were banned from the Kabuki stage in 1629, “gender-bending” has been the name of the game in this famous Japanese theatre tradition. But now a happy band of ANU students has […]
THE Association of Community Theatre (‘ACT’) in Sydney has just inducted Canberra publicist and founder of the CAT Awards, Coralie Wood, into the Community Theatre Hall of Fame. The announcement was made by musicals star […]
“Tao Po: is anybody home?” at The Street Theatre, September 18. Reviewed by HELEN MUSA.
CANBERRA Rep may be a senior citizen, but at a packed launch in Theatre 3 tonight (September 14), the theatre company that’s been going since 1932 announced that its 2019 season would be titled “New […]
INFORMATION about the real life of William Shakespeare is very sketchy but a new play written in Canberra has a go at filling in the details. “Shakespeare and his Mistress“ by Paul Kauffmann, puts forward […]
theatre / “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, at Sydney Entertainment Quarter, until December 2. Reviewed by BILL STEPHENS.
BOXING has always arguably been the most theatrical of all sports and now, in a mighty blow for theatre, The Q’s Stephen Pike is bringing in one of the most successful productions ever to emerge […]
LISA Maza is a larger-than-life personality with a rich sense of humour and she is playing an even more colourful personality in Nathan Maynard’s raucous homecoming comedy, “The Season”, soon coming to The Playhouse. Last […]
THOMAS Lacey, best known as the star of “Dance Academy” and the lead in Baz Luhrmann’s stage version of “Strictly Ballroom”, will be visiting Canberra schools tomorrow, Friday, August 24, promoting his role as Danny […]
Theatre / “Venus In Furs”. By David Ives, directed by Caroline Stacey. At The Street Theatre until September 2. Reviewed by JOE WOODWARD
IT was a close call for two motorbike riders, who were lawfully lane filtering in Majura when a Ford Falcon swerved, almost colliding with them. The riders were travelling separately northbound on Majura Parkway at about […]
A NATURAL storyteller from a young age, Eva Warren’s writing journey began as a dream – like most authors – but in the end became a healing activity after losing her husband. “I worked out […]
“What must the Sydney based and essentially nameless and faceless members of the Suburban Land Agency board think of their first year’s effort?” JON STANHOPE doesn’t spare them on Page 3.
IN the dizzying European summer of 1990 a former Canberra public servant took part in a defiant street demonstration in Berlin directed against the looming disappearance of the East German state. The name of this […]
MANIPULATIVE, terrible and fierce, yet William (Billy) McMahon was, until now, the only Australian prime minister who didn’t have a biography written about him. The 250,000-word, 766-page biography, “Tiberius with a Telephone”, by Patrick Mullins […]
