Reviews

We first meet Beth (Freya Patience) and Harry (Oscar Morphew) in Harry’s bed.  They’ve hooked up the night before (as is the way of things nowadays) and now face the awkwardness of ‘Who is this person?’  And ‘What am I doing here?’  Plus, the need to get to the bathroom in what we guess is a small apartment and the anxiety about the necessary sounds...  But Harry smooths things over with some micro-waved chicken korma and naan, and Beth rabbits on – as she tends to do – about her gluten intolerance…  Sh

Ballet dancers from around the world flew in to join highly credited local ballet stars and an enthusiastic troupe of young dancers, to bring this international ballet extravaganza to the wide stage of the Sydney Coliseum. After the devastating effects of the last two years on live performance, it’s wonderful to see this extraordinary theatre, opened in December 2019 only months before the pandemic struck, realising its promise of bringing international performances and, hopefully, large cast musicals to “the greater west”.

‘That’s what we’re here for!’ exclaims Viv, when challenged about her one-track mind to complete a first-class honours degree. And yet Amelia Bullmore’s play about three women sharing a house demonstrates that it’s not so much an academic education as one in life. Set in the again-fashionable eighties, the music mashups of New Order, Rick Astley and Talking Heads bookend each scene, the set-up coming episodically as we’re introduced to the three women.

Skyfall is the sort of entertainment audiences have been longing for. And, in the week that we lost the composer of the original James Bond theme, Monty Norman, the show was a fitting tribute to the enjoyment that the film franchise’s songs have given audiences over the decades. Now, when you think of the classic James Bond theme tunes, you think of iconic voices: Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Simon Le Bon, Sam Smith, Adele, and others.