by Michael Coghlan | Oct 15, 2023 | Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre SA] Ink Little Theatre Fri Oct 13 2023 There’s a sadness about this work from James Graham. Many of the ideas behind Rupert Murdoch’s first newspaper seemed quite acceptable. Socialist even. “Give the people what they want. “ “A newspaper for the people”...
by Michael Coghlan | Aug 9, 2019 | Reviews, Theatre
[THEATRE ~ SA] Little Theatre, The Cloisters, University Of Adelaide, Wed 7 Aug. Unlike much modern minimalist theatre it is a treat to be greeted with a full stage set of endless detail; strewn leaves, washing on the line outside an old caravan, crates of junk, and...
by Rosie van Heerde | May 25, 2018 | Reviews, Theatre
Holden Street Theatres – The Studio Theatrical nihilism is alive and well in this inherently bleak portrayal of Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus – better known by history as Caligula. Penned by French-Algerian philosopher and author of the absurdist tradition, Albert...
by Rosie van Heerde | Apr 15, 2016 | Reviews, Theatre
Arts Theatre, Thu 14 Apr Based on the memoirs of eminent London surgeon Frederick Treves (Steve Marvanek), The Elephant Man is both a study in the life of Joseph “John” Merrick (Robert Bell) and social commentary on Victorian attitudes to disability – observations...
by Clayton Werner | Nov 23, 2015 | Reviews, Theatre
Arts Theatre, Thu 19 Nov. If you jumped backwards in a time machine to before the internet, before TV, even before radio, but not too much further, you just might land in a music hall. A place of joking and magic, singing and dancing, drama, well melodrama to be...
