Reviews

Damien Ryan has made good use of his years to perfect this triumphant multilayered telling of Shakespeare’s famous epic sonnet. COVID forced Sport by Jove to cancel its staging, and instead they made it into a celebrated film. Now it takes centre stage where it belongs.   

Alice (Rebekah Carton) and Michael (Damian Okulic) appear like any ordinary couple with the trials and tribulations of maintaining a relationship. The play revisits a number of contrasting moments in their story: their first encounter, deciding to get married, the birth of their daughter Lily - all intermingled with their moments of division and tension. However, there is nothing ordinary about their tale. As the play unfolds it becomes clear that Michael is, in fact, speaking to the ghost of Alice or that her presence on stage is conjured by his recollections of their relationship.

Up until Cats stole the crown in 1997, A Chorus Line (winner of nine Tony Awards) was the longest running show on Broadway clocking up a staggering 6,137 performances. It follows a group of dancers in the mid 70's pursuing their dreams of making it big in a Broadway chorus line. As an audience we are given a glimpse into the audition process and get to know each character personally, see them making sacrifices for their art and searching for validation and acceptance. Interestingly, much of the dialogue and lyric c

Rosieville opened on a perfectly still bedroom onto which erupted a human-sized pigeon, awakening a young girl, Rose. Rose described to the audience her recurring dream of a pigeon crashlanding, as it has just done, on her bedroom floor.  The pigeon flew off again after asking Rose uncomfortable questions.