Reviews

Set Piece is a curious experiment.  It attempts to overturn certain theatrical conventions and to construct alternatives.  The show’s creators, Anna Breckon and Nat Randall, place a statement in the foyer, stating their objective and intentions and clearly preparing the audience for what they are about to see.  We should leave aside why they felt it was necessary to do this – but it its, as intended, illuminating.

Moonlight and Magnolias is another triumph from the Pymble Players.

The Art Deco set is sleek and stylish with the attention to detail that regular theatre audiences have come to expect from Joy Sweeney.  The black walls extend seamlessly into the hall, giving the audience the illusion that they too are sitting in David O. Selznick's office.  

Simply Brill describes it perfectly. Amelia Ryan, Michael Griffiths and Michaela Burger are excellent examples of world’s best cabaret performers in this lamentably short season of this world and Australian premiere show, showcasing some of the women (and men) who shaped 1960s rock’n’roll.

It’s December 31st 1939 and we are at the Club Corona in Kings Cross watching the last act before midnight and the dawn of the naughty forties.

It’s a great premise which largely delivers in 30 Something. Musical maestro Phil Scott has taken 30s and 40s songs from the pens of Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin and added work from contemporary artists including Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga and Coolio.