Reviews

Kate Mulvany’s Masquerade has so much going for it: Kit Williams beautiful fantasy children’s classic of the Moon falling in love with the Sun, and Jack Hare sent on a mission to give him the message of love; some wonderful performances; Anna Cordingley’s design (spectacular imaginative costumes); Chris Petridis’ imaginative AV design and great lighting from Geoff Cobham. Why then was I ultimately disappointed?

The cold, antiseptic environment of a hospital waiting room is not the usual setting for a love story. Especially one that playwright, Christopher Harley admits is one “so fragile it might shatter in your hands”. It’s a beautifully touching story about two brothers and a ghost from their childhood that haunts them even as one of them faces death – and a woman who reaches out and won’t give up … because she understands.

Stray Cats Theatre and Mandurah Performing Arts Centre came together in a community partnership for their production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Directed by Karen Francis, it featured musical direction by David Hicks, Choreography by Ashleigh Riley and Megan Doohan, a cast of eighty-eight and an orchestra of thirteen.

La Boîte has again touched on a relevant subject very much a part of the media these days with the introduction of a new playwright, Krystal Sweedman, who, as part of her studies at NIDA, has broached the subject of writing about something her tutor has been encouraging his students to attempt: any topic you wish to avoid. Ms Sweedman chose domestic violence.