Reviews

Basically, before the start of the play, little Ruby Moon had gone down the quiet cul-de-sac to visit her grandmother and she has not been seen since. What we, the audience, see is the devastating effects this has, on not only her parents but all the residents in this protected street. The story line is not logical, the characters are all uniquely different and the reasoning – if there is any – is challenging to the audience. Thus Ruby Moonhas all the necessary ingredients for an absorbing, challenging night at the theatre.

Charles Addams’ dysfunctional cartoon family have come to life on the Gold Coast in a ghoulish production of The Addams Family.

This bizarre family consists of the eternally romantic Gomez, Daniel O’Connell; Morticia, Cat Deller; Uncle Fester, George Pulley; Grandmama, Kara Holdom; Wednesday, Chloe Smith; Pugsley, Tahlia Gibson and Lurch, Lawrie Sayer. 

‘It’s up to you’ — the consistent refrain from specialist doctors and nurses when asked if your (very expensive) IVF treatment should be continued. An 8th round of treatment for a 45-year-old woman over the edge of middle age? ‘Well, it’s up to you.’ And the woman in Julia Leigh’s play must make her way home passing the Bentleys in the hospital parking lot. 

The historic Princess Theatre was host to The Best of Musical Theatre on Saturday, a collection of songs, mainly male and female diva anthems, from six of the most popular musicals from the past three decades – The Phantom of the Opera, Anastasia, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, Jekyll & Hyde, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The interesting thing about the selection was the inclusion of story-songs not normally programmed in a concert.