by Michael Coghlan | Feb 10, 2024 | Reviews, Theatre
[THEATE ~ AUS] The Children, Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 9 Feb, 2024. In 2011 a nuclear power plant in Fukushima caused a radiation scare when its reactors were destroyed as a result of an earthquake and subsequent tsunami. British playwright Lucy Kirkwood has created a...
by Michael Coghlan | Nov 19, 2023 | Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre AUS; World Premiere] The Space Theatre, Festival Centre, Sat 18 Nov It’s a challenge to take a basic human ritual, turn it into a work of art, and offer new perspectives on that ritual. Welcome to Your New Life is only partly successful in that quest. The...
by Michael Coghlan | Sep 28, 2023 | Reviews, Theatre
[World Premiere] [Theatre – SA] The Dictionary of Lost Words Dunstan Playhouse Wed 27 Sep 2023 At first pass the tale of a young woman growing up dreaming of being a lexicographer may not present as a ripping yarn. But courtesy of some astute direction,...
by Michael Coghlan | Aug 31, 2023 | Music, Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre AUS] The Space Theatre, Festival Centre, Tue 29 Aug Billie Holiday is often associated with the tag ‘the lady sings the blues’ after the film depicting her life from 1972. Holiday herself saw things as more nuanced: “I sing the blues with a jazz beat”. This...
by Michael Coghlan | Jun 24, 2023 | Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre – Aus] State Theatre Company (in conjunction with Belvoir St Theatre) Odeon Theatre, Thu 22 June With the daily focus in the media around the imminent Voice referendum there has never been a more fertile time for discussion of Aboriginal issues and At...