Reviews

Overcoming lockdowns and floods, Stirling Players have come out against the odds to produce a delightfully charismatic show that captivates their intimate, sold-out audiences and draws them deep Into the Woods.

One of Sondheim’s most renowned musicals, Into the Woods follows the adventures of several fairy tale characters as they journey to, and beyond, their respective happily ever afters.

Black Swan State Theatre Company's production of York has been over two years in the making - and was well worth the wait. A striking and compelling production, it is an unusual compilation of genres - the most dominant being horror - and I have it on reliable authority that multiple audience members from Opening Night are reporting nightmares,

Andrew Bovell is one of our best and most frequently performed playwrights. His stage adaptation of Kate Glenville’s novel The Secret River won five Helpmann Awards in 2013, his 1996 Awgie Award-winning Speaking in Tongues became the critically acclaimed 2001 movie Lantana, whilst his When the Rain Stops Falling has become a modern masterpiece, was named the ‘Best Play of 2010’ by Time magazine and won 5 awards when it was produced at Lincoln Center, New York.

Emil and the Detectives is about a group of kids who band together to help a boy recover his stolen goods and get justice. It’s the first and quintessential story of the genre, later personified by Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five. Based on Erich Kästner’s novella, Emil und die Detektive, first published in 1929, it has never been out-of-print. And Slingsby’s production, directed by Andy Packer, and adapted by Nicki Bloom, looks like setting its own record having toured Australia, USA, India, China and the UK.