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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 ... -
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 ... -
Growing Pains in a Garden of Delights. "Afternoon of the Elves" by Janet Laylor Lisle and Y York. Windmill Performing Arts [review]
(The Australian, 2004-08-27)The text sits uneasily between its American origins and its re-setting in Australia and some imported phrasings jar on the ear, as do local particulars. But the play’s themes of friendship and loyalty have a sturdy directness ... -
Holy Day. "Holy Day" by Andrew Bovell. State Theatre Company of South Australia [review]
(The Australian, 2001-08-24)Holy Day is a relentless, and gripping, account of events from first contact which, in recent national political debate, have often been systematically repudiated and belittled. In this production the State Theatre Company ... -
A House Among the Stars. "House Among the Stars" by Michael Tremblay. State Theatre Company of South Australia [review]
(The Australian, 2001-05-04)State Theatre has succeeded with a work which, despite its soft edges and easy resolutions, has gentle charm and poetic accomplishment. This production has given us a memorable glimpse, the first on an Australian mainstage, ... -
Innocence and Squalor. "The Pitchfork Disney" by Philip Ridley. 4 Bux Progressive Arts [review]
(Adelaide Review, 2003-12)"The Pitchfork Disney" first played in 1990 and heralded a wave of what might be called punk theatre. In works such as "Shopping and Fucking" and "Disco Pigs" - both of which have performed in Adelaide - and films such as ... -
Jennifer in Security. "Jennifer in Security" by Noelle Janaczewska. Vitalstatistix Women's Theatre [review]
(The Australian, 2001-08-27)Noelle Janaczewska’s monologue, commissioned by Vitalstatistix National Women’s Theatre, is a modest cameo, a small, well-made piece rather like the porcelain that Jennifer collects and admires. But, sometimes, less is ... -
Journey to the End of the Earth. "Last Cab to Darwin" by Reg Cribb. Pork Chop Productions. Dunstan Playhouse [review]
(Adelaide Review, 2004-10)It is not surprising that playwright Reg Cribb saw the story of Max Bell as ready-made for the telling. It has all the elements of a mythic quest with a sturdy, self-deprecating hero meeting a host of different characters ... -
Killer Joe. "Killer Joe" by Tracey Letts. Brink Productions and State Theatre Company [review]
(The Australian, 2001-06-15)They are not a pleasant bunch in Mr Tracy Letts’s play but Brink’s version, with production support from State Theatre, takes us from Jerry Springer stereotype to a morality drama that is comic, shocking - and surprisingly ... -
A Last Hurrah. "Nixon's Nixon" by Russell Lees. P&S Productions in association with Arts Projects Australia. Dunstan Playhouse [review]
(The Adelaide Review, 2003-03)Playwright Russell Lees is at pains to point out that Nixon’s Nixon is a fiction, a speculation of what might have transpired in a lengthy meeting between the President and his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger on the ... -
Last Rights. "The Last Acre" by Sean Riley. Oddbodies Theatre Company [review]
(Adelaide Review, 2003-03)We know, and absolutely don’t want to know, how a single action, a single impulse can change everything. This is what we mean by a life-or-death moment, that split second, as we call it, when something irrevocable occurs ... -
Looking for Life's Treasure. "Moonfleet" adapted by Catherine Zimdahl. Windmill Peforming Arts and Mainstreet Theatre Company [review]
(Adelaide Review, 2004-02)Windmill Performing Arts has a three year arrangement with the Mt Gambier based Mainstreet Theatre Company and, by the look of their first joint venture, the combination is going to be a happy one. Mainstreet director ... -
Marceau Still on Top As Mime Goes By. Marcel Marceau [review]
(The Australian, 2003-11-03)Marcel Marceau is a frail figure on stage now and, of course, has much less of the vitality of his heyday. But alone in the spotlight with his dexterity and pierrot sentimentality, he captivates an attentive and fond ... -
Masked Mayhem on the Menu. 'Ristorante Immortale' by Floz Productions [review]
(The Australian, 2003-02-24)The Ristorante Immortale is unlikely to get a listing in the Michelin Guide, or anywhere else for that matter. It has zany waiters, an accordion wielding cook, an endlessly hopeful owner and, it would seem, no customers ... -
Mind Games. "Myth, Propoganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America" by Stephen Sewell. State Theatre Company and Playbox [review]
(Adelaide Review, 2003-08)A new play by Stephen Sewell is always an event. And more often than not, his plays are heralded by marvellous titles. There is a cadence to them - "The Blind Giant is Dancing", "Dreams in an Empty City", "The Father We ... -
Modern Message in Miller Classic. 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller. State Theatre Company of South Australia [review]
(The Australian, 2003-03-18)When, a year ago, Rosalba Clemente listed Arthur Miller’s The Crucible for inclusion in the 2003 State Theatre Company season, she cannot have imagined it would speak so vividly in such difficult times as these. Miller’s ... -
Monarch Unmasked Through Diaries. 'An Evening With Queen Victoria' by Prunella Scales [review]
(The Australian, 2004-11-05)With only simple period decor and a touch of electric gaslight, the success of this Evening rests with the intelligence and nuance of Prunella Scales’ convincing presentation, restless in adolescence, smitten in marriage, ... -
Montana of the Mind. "A Lie of the Mind" by Sam Shepherd. Brink Productions [review]
(The Australian, 2001-11-30)Brink have brought us a strong production -all three hours of it. Shepard’s play is a saga of individuals struggling to understand themselves in the mirror of those they have spent their lives with. They are also searching ... -
More Weight.'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller. State Theatre Company with Urban Myth Theatre Company. [review]
(The Adelaide Review, 2003-04)The Crucible was first performed fifty years ago and repeatedly since, because it not only describes the exponential insanity of the McCarthy period but those numerous occasions before and since when a community is goaded ... -
Moving, But No Forward Address. "Night Letters" by Susan Rogers. State Theatre Company of South Australia [review]
(The Australian, 2004-03-04)This production has been a long time in the making and numerous work-shops and revisions have coarsened the intimacy and the filigree elements of Dessaix’s work. They have been put through a megaphone - as the stage is apt ...