Reviews

Olivia Newton-John’s musical legacy certainly deserves to be remembered and celebrated: first for being one of the first Australian performers to achieve major international musical and Hollywood success, blazing a trail for the wonderful artists we enjoy today; and second for the absolute pleasure that her recordings still bring to thousands of people. Who can't help but groove and smile when ‘Physical’ is played on the shopping centre PA system?

In Duck Duck Goose, the victim of a rape, and the accuser, Jane (Rachel Nutchey) appears on stage only for a few minutes, just enough for us to know who she is.  She is not the subject; she is a functional character; but she is a fact; her rape is a fact.  And in this play, that’s the catalyst for what Caitríona Daly wishes to reveal: complicity. 

The Dog/The Cat features two short plays written respectively by Brendan Cowell  and Lally Katz, and presented by Fremantle Theatre Company in conjunction with JackRabbit Productions. Performed on the same set and featuring the same three performers, these yin and yang plays fit nicely together as an evening’s entertainment.

Apocalipstik may be inspired by the pessimism of a nihilistic view of the current condition of the world but there is absolutely no sense of resignation in this show. There is only fiery and emphatic rebellion and refusal to acquiesce to any notions of normal or the inevitable. The show is a phenomenal extravaganza of a range of Kaye’s many talents. Kaye is first and foremost an exceptional and skillful raconteur. This is demonstrated via the ability to tell the complex tale of the very colourful life of his Uncle Helmut.