Reviews

Flights’ Australian debut comes some four years after its premiere in Ennis, in the Republic of Ireland. Ennis does not even have its own airport, but the protagonists meet in a semi derelict shack-cum-clubhouse called “Pointers” which does imply that there are options for leaving, even if no-one ever does. The oft-mentioned road is a road that goes nowhere.

Helios, a captivating modern re-telling of the ancient Greek myth of the fall of Phaeton, unfolds in a mesmerizing setting at Bondi Festival.

Qtopia, Sydney’s first queer museum opened recently in the old Darlinghurst police station on Taylor Square.  During the violence of the first Mardi Gas, protesters were thrown here into the police cells, which you can now wander through reading this and other chapters of queer history.  Or hear these stories voiced in a spanking new theatre space where once offenders were unloaded.

It seems appropriate that in NAIDOC Week, when we are celebrating Indigenous achievement, that we should see such a strong production from Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company. Expertly written by Jada Alberts, this strong script is performed with beautifully crafted performance, in a show with strong production values.