Reviews

Jane Montgomery Griffith renders an extraordinary ‘tour de force’ with the Theatre Works production of the haunting one-woman performance of The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau, directed by Briony Dunn. 

This classic, clever, relentless Tom Stoppard with all of his verbal brilliance and room for physical contrivances is satisfactorily delivered at a whirlwind pace. Attempting to present a classic which has been thoroughly explored is always a challenge.

Artefact Theatre Company has drawn together an experienced group of actors who are easily able to deliver the verbal duets between the critics, Moon and Birdboot and the well-worn emotional highs and lows and incessant threats of murder with competent ease and aplomb.

Mamma Mia! may well be the most often performed musical in WA, in the last few years, but Stray Cats’ big, bright, and beautiful production at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, shows that it can still attract and thoroughly entertain a capacity crowd.

Touted as the best playwright who ever lived, William Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his work is more popular than ever. Worldwide, new generations are finding and revisiting the Bard, in part because of the breadth of the strong themes that run through each piece. His works are relatable, timeless and universal, and appeal to new generations of actors and audiences, and this is very much the case with The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild’s current production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.