by Michael Coghlan | Nov 25, 2018 | Reviews, Theatre
Dunstan Playhouse, Sat 24 Nov. It’s great when an opening scene draws you in immediately and fills you with confidence and anticipation about what’s to come. Daily life for many migrants in post-war Port Pirie began with a line-up outside the smelter in the hope they...
by Michael Coghlan | Sep 1, 2018 | Reviews, Theatre
Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 31 Aug. That Eye, The Sky is based on Tim Winton’s 1968 novel of the same name. The original adaptation was developed by acclaimed actor Richard Roxburgh (Rake, Moulin Rouge) and writer Justin Monjo (Cloudstreet). This version is brought to the...
by Michael Coghlan | May 19, 2017 | Reviews, Theatre
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Thu 18 May. Courtesy of George Orwell’s novel the year 1984 has long been associated with notions of an all controlling state that knows everything about what its citizens are doing. It has become synonymous with the idea of the state as Big...
by Rosie van Heerde | Jul 29, 2015 | Reviews, Theatre
Dunstan Playhouse, Tue 28 Jul Harold Pinter’s 1978 play, Betrayal,is much loved by Pinter fans and is State Theatre Company’s latest production. A semi-autobiographical account of the Nobel prize-winning playwright’s own infidelity, the play centres on the broken...
by David Robinson | Nov 19, 2014 | Reviews, Theatre
Dunstan Playhouse, Tue Nov 18 State Theatre Company’s 2014 theatre season reaches its climax with the staging of Othello, William Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Somewhat aptly placed in a contemporary, military setting, it brings the brutality of violence, “the evil...
