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Urbane Comedy One Minute. 'Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)' by Ann-Marie MacDonald. State Theatre Company. [review]
(Adelaide Review, 2004-10-15)
State Theatre director Kim Durban brings together a pleasing cast led by
Sally Cooper as the awkward but valiant Constance and Ksenja Logos,
amusing as the frazzled fourteen year old Juliet. Margot Fenley is a very
forthright ...
Clowning Around. 'Moliere’s Scapin' adapted by Scott Witt. State Theatre Company with Queensland Theatre Company. [review]
(Adelaide Review, 2003-12)
Director Scott Witt, in this joint production for State Theatre and QTC, has
freely adapted the original and given the Scapin actor ideas above his station.
He longs for the seriousness of tragedy and much of the text ...
Triptych."Art" by Yasmina Reza. State Theatre Company. [review]
(Adelaide Review, 2001-08)
Art is a play about friendship and the ways in which we are socially constructed by our friends and vulnerable to their disapproval.
The play is about three men. Serge has bought a painting for 200,000 francs and it is ...
Farce So Light It Could Fly Away. 'Scapin' by Moliere. State Theatre Company of South Australia [review]
(The Australian, 2003-11-04)
There are plenty of amusements in here but, at two hours, the show needs some sharp edits. There are flat spots and sometimes a sense of desperation to get laughs. With the talent gathered here that is no problem. But the ...
Stylistic Stew Serves Up Hilarious Camp. 'The Mystery of Irma Vep' by Charles Ludlam. State Theatre Company of South Australia [review]
(The Australian, 2003-05-16)
If you were to feed the plot lines of Wuthering Heights, The Wolf Man, The Mummy’s Curse and Rebecca into a blender and spin at high speed, the result might well be The Mystery of Irma Vep. This theatrical tour de force ...
From Bard To Worse. "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)" by Ann-Marie MacDonald. State Theatre Company of South Australia [review]
(The Australian, 2004-09-23)
Which raises the question - just how serious is the writer with this pastiche Elizabethan verse ? The effect is tedious, worse still, it is dramatically disengaging. Constance herself should know that the accomplishment ...
Delightful: A Pair of Cats on the High Seas. "The Stowaway and the Captain's Cat" by Anne Brookman [review]
(The Australian, 2003-08-24)
Although pitched to primary school audiences, in The Stowaway and the Captain’s Cat, Anne Brookman has written a text likely to teach us all a thing or two about our history. The Festival Centre Trust is back in business ...