Reviews

Fire in the Head tells the story of Kate Kelly, sister of Ned.  Her story has been overshadowed by his – ignored by ‘history’.  The play is a combination of research and imaginative speculation.  It is beautifully written and it’s fascinating because it takes us into the unknown life of an historical figure.  Kate’s story, as remembered and told by her, is one of police persecutions suffered by her family (to which she attributes Ned’s crimes) and the varied routes and careers she took to escape hardship and poverty – ho

A marvellous, funny, moving, and very theatrical version of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s story.  For many people, Yentl is a story made famous by Barbra Streisand’s 1983 movie – which, by the way, Bashevis Singer hated.  That movie’s simpler feminist message, its pretence of the reconciliation of opposites, and the heroine’s escape to the holy land (i.e., America) was Streisand’s Hollywood version for her time.  

The classic Jane Austen story comes to life in a new, homegrown Australian musical. Composer Daniel Hernandez and Director/Writer Sharmini Kumar have captured the essence of the Regency period of the late 1700's - set in South West England, London and Essex - that millions of Austen fans have come to love so dearly.  

‘Everyone is dead and there’s nothing left but chickpeas’ sobs the last surviving woman on the planet, who has been alone in a bunker for a very long time. She makes a daily broadcast to the unknown – sharing her musings on the world: how it got to this apocalyptic event, debating how much of her science knowledge was derived from Star Trek, and surviving on tins of the beige  legumes. Alone, that is, until she involves us, the audience, in curating her bunker-cast.