Reviews

Jonathan Biggins and Drew Forsythe are looking back on another year with their usual perspicacious percipience, pertinent parodies and just a little poignant plaintiveness! They satirise prominent politicians with punchy pride, bi-partisan prejudice and intense irreverent irony. And if you find that little lot of alliteration laborious imagine writing a whole sketch of it! In fact, imagine planning a program of sketches satirising people and politics – and performing them perfectly!  

Ok! Ok! I’ll stop!

The Metaverse of Magic is an extraordinary experience that seamlessly blends illusion, spectacle, and storytelling along with interactive audience gameplay. 

Brought to life by a remarkable cast of performers, it is fronted by Lenox (Ash Hodgkinson, AKA Ash Magic), who leads the audience into the mystical Metaverse. Along with his AI sidekick Digi (Erin Bruce), both he and the audience must complete a series of tasks to level up in a magical playground. 

When I started directing plays, a very wise and experienced director shared some sage advice saying, “The secret is to cast well” and this magic formula stands out in American playwright Marsha Norman’s ‘night Mother currently on at Holden Street. The play won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play, and is, in this production a fine example of perfect casting.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has been one of the more popular shows of recent years, but this fun musical comedy is still managing to attract a healthy audience. Murray Music and Drama’s current production seems to have found some points of difference, meaning even those who have seen the show multiple times could find something new.