Reviews

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.

This giddy and joyous production is entertaining, lusty and lush.  A Midsummer Night’s Dream is Shakespeare’s most widely performed play, and if the traditional version is like a test cricket match this is the 20/20 version.

First staged by the Bell Shakespeare Company in 2022, the Shake & Stir Theatre Company has taken it to the next level, resembling a Broadway production.