by Michael Coghlan | May 7, 2023 | Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre – Aus] State Theatre Company Fri 5 May, 2023 Given the subject matter and the likelihood that Prima Facie might be a somewhat harrowing experience for the audience, it begins, wisely perhaps, in quite a light vein. It’s not long before Caroline Craig as...
by Michael Coghlan | Aug 15, 2022 | Reviews, Theatre
[THEATRE ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ AUS] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Tue 9 Aug. Pat’s been teaching for 35 years and has just lost her only friend on the staff of Water Vale Primary School. She’s as jaded as the rundown staffroom that greets her on her return...
by Cathy Tune | Mar 27, 2022 | Music, Musical Theatre, Reviews, Theatre
[MUSICAL THEATRE/Theatre ~ AUS/INT] Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sat 26 Mar. Girl From The North Country is a musical by Conor McPherson which was created to showcase Bob Dylan songs. Set in Dylan’s birthplace of Duluth Minnesota during 1934 the action takes place at a...
by Cathy Tune | Mar 2, 2022 | Adelaide Festival 2022, Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
[THEATRE/Comedy/Drama ~ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE ~ AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE ~ AUS] Odeon Theatre, Norwood, Tue 1 Mar. State Theatre Company’s current offering Girls & Boys is an ‘issues driven’ monologue looking at family violence. Audiences are given fair warning of the...
by Adrian Miller | Feb 26, 2022 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2022, Comedy, Interviews, Theatre & Physical Theatre
[THEATRE AND PHYSICAL THEATRE/Comedy ~ SA PREMIERE ~ VIC] by Adrian Miller. Eleanor Stankiewicz has been a regular visitor to Adelaide both in the Fringe and with State Theatre Company of SA. This year she is bringing a play based on the children’s film Anastasia, but...