Reviews

The five performers Michael Chan, Mark Deans, Simon Laherty, Sarah Mainwaring and Scott Price, each with their own unique disability, recreate a kind of public forum to discuss the ways in which their contribution to and visibility in society is suppressed. From the conversations which unfold, this suppression results in excruciating personal humiliation and even unabated physical and psychological exploitation.

Much Ado About Nothing is the classic (and probably the first ever) romantic comedy, setting up two characters — the prince’s competent but increasingly nervous friend Benedick and the very sharp Beatrice, best friend of her cousin Hero — who are philosophically opposed though in fact they are both completely likeable, share a good deal of caustic wit, and observe life similarly.  Benedick’s friends — Claudio; Hero’s father, Leonato; and the prince, Don Pedro — and Hero’s closes

Can there be any milestone in one’s life that is more bursting with uncertain potential - for either blissful highs or ghastly lows – than the onset of puberty?

First produced in 2018, this new musical is being revived for runs at Caloundra and Maleny. Telling the true story of Agnes Bennett, an Australian/New Zealand doctor who, with other women, ran a hospital which served the Serbian Army in Macedonia during World War 1, the musical was highly effective in dramatising the frontline situation with comedy and pathos. More a play with songs, the cast of eight, all women, played a multitude of roles from doctors, surgeons, nurses, and ambulance girls, to Aussie soldiers and Serbian military Colonels.