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One of the many challenges of staging Shakespeare’s Macbeth  - or, as I like it call it, The King, The Thane, His Wife, and the Witches –...

It's not an uncommon story: a middle-aged man on the brink of an existential crisis, finding solace in a younger female, and thus...

I am happy to be proven wrong when it comes to theatre. It is always a pleasant surprise when I have expectations, and they manage to be...

Love is love is love—and Regals Musical Society’s Head Over Heels wears its heart on its sequined sleeve like it’s going out of style. An...

In this NSW PREMIERE, an oracle prophesizes that the kingdom of Arcadia will soon lose its “Beat”—the mysterious, divine force that has...

A drawing room play that asks what we owe to one another, J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls is a scathing indictment of the British...

Photos courtesy of Angel Legas/ 3 Fates Media I had never seen a song cycle before attending the opening night of Ghost Quartet at the...

Firstly I am going to address a misnomer. These are not awards in the strictest sense of the word. How could I or anyone else designate a...

When words fail, music speaks—a sentiment that forms the very core of The Heartbreak Choir. With a blend of comedy and pathos, the late,...

Into the Woods makes its way to Penrith Musical Comedy Company, inviting audiences once more through a mystifying forest with the iconic...

Christine Rule and Brenton Amies have been perfectly cast as Mother and Son  Maggie and Arthur Beare. Without mimicking or parodying the...

Little Shop of Horrors has a fascinating history. First staged off-off-Broadway in 1982, it began as an inventive retelling of a...

There is something to be said for being original. When theatre is new, exciting, and cutting-edge, it can feel important. This being...

Plays often begin with what’s known as ‘an inciting incident’: a surprising occurrence from which the action springs. Bess Wohl’s play...

As someone who loves HAIR, originally subtitled “The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical”, news of a new production can fill me with...

Adaptations are tricky; they require you to be true to the original while creating something truly unique. Some musicals based on beloved...

‘Strictly Ballroom’ has always had a strong connection to the stage, starting as a self-devised performance piece by Baz Luhrmann and his...

It will be to your advantage to be present as a Mr. Boddy will bring to an end a certain longstanding question: Who did it, where and...

If you are looking for a fantastic night out at the theatre, with laughs a-plenty, then look no further; Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Female...

Theatre requires the suspension of disbelief of an audience, a willingness of the audience to accept a play as reality in order to enjoy...