Reviews

Brazil has a strong tradition of political theatre – hardly surprising given its long and bloody history of violence, land-grabbing and dictatorship.  After Augusta Boal’s theatre of the oppressed late last century, Swiss theatre maker Milo Rau has collaborated with an Indigenous community of landless workers and Brazilian activists to create Antigone in the Amazon. 

The Merry Wives of Windsor features the affable but mischievous Sir John Falstaff (Peter Houghton); a character who appears in three Shakespeare plays. This production sets the action in the early seventies where the social and sexual revolution saw more relaxed attitudes towards love, marriage, sex and romance. This is very fitting for the themes and events that take place in the very convoluted plot about seduction, affairs of the heart and questions of fidelity. The set and especially the costumes create a very cohesive look and evoke the flamboyance of the period well.

Canadian playwright Norm Foster has becoming very popular in Perth during the past few years, with this play. On a First Name Basis, its second Perth season. This is a heartwarming two-hander about a mystery writer and his long-term housekeeper.

If pigs could fly and if elephants could pirouette. It’s only possible in a Disney animation, but live theatre creates a more visceral and satisfying experience for the audience.

The classic fable is brought to the stage by  AG Theatre in  their  first children’s musical theatre show. Producer Andrew Gyopar is thrilled to bring this tale to life in hope to inspire a love of theatre for young and old.