Reviews

Mitchell Old is a talented young man with enormous courage and tenacity. Fancy deciding to establish a new theatre company in the middle of a pandemic when theatres had been closed for months and the arts devasted! But the Mitchell Old Theatre Company (TMOC) was founded as a direct response to that devastation.

Old Nick has been able to present a Hobart Summer school every year since 2005. The last three have been darker coming of age stories, with the 2021 offering a macabre and surreal twist on the high school musical in the form of Heathers.

The Actors’ Hub presented a series of interactive Who Dunnit events as part of its Naughty Nights at Nine series for Fringe World. Each Who Dunnit was set in a different decade, and the final one, The Big Shot, was set in a New York Speakeasy in the 1920s.

Covid restrictions meant that The Big Shot was a little more static than originally intended but audience members were still split into two groups - each receiving a slightly different perspective, before being re-united to solve the mystery. 

The original production of We Will Rock You opened in London almost nineteen years ago. Despite being panned by the critics, it ran for over three years. The critics obviously failed to take into consideration the wide fan base of Freddie Mercury and Queen. Failed to understand that the eclectic, international appeal of their music would never “bite the dust”! That it would defy “the laws of nature and come out alive” for generation after generation.