Reviews

An Evening of Unearthly Encounters is exactly as described. This presentation of two ghostly plays, both by John Lewington, explores visits from the ‘other side’ in a rather eerie little compilation.

In the first play, Portrait of My Love, directed by Anita Bound, a young Australian woman returns to take possession of her inheritance, her deceased father’s home in the United Kingdom, with frontage to the sea.

Joh for PM reminds us that Australian politics, like the rest of the world. has always been a messy business – corruption, bribes, pay-offs, electoral fraud and corporate greed don’t have a time-stamp on them – what’s happening today sadly only mirrors what happened in the past.

Banjos, Boots & Beyonce is great fun and a must for anyone interested in youth theatre and what can be achieved when kids take the reins.

This show is surprisingly crisp and tight, particularly considering the potential unwieldiness of having a large number of Children teaching a heap of adults the polka and then some very unique contemporary social dances.  Even with a break for a cuppa the whole thing comes in under 80 minutes.

Audience can opt to engage in the dancing or observe and have a bit of a dance at the end if they so choose. 

Trees, ferns and mist engulf the assembling audience. A patron in Row A bats away the thick mist that whirls round his seat. Setting is everything at the Ensemble: you’re so close to the action every small detail must work. Full marks then to Designer Hugh O’Connor for his impressive work on this comedy set on a small, uninhabited Tasmanian Island.