This month Theatre Group is again going light-hearted, with a modern day musical. Once, a smash-hit on Broadway, is a tender love story of a struggling Irish musician on the verge of giving up, and a piano-playing Czech immigrant who reminds him how to dream. Featuring an outstanding ensemble of performers playing instrumentals live on […]
This month's Theatre Group takes on a more serious note - Maybe there is a beast. Maybe it’s just us. When a plane crash leaves a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island, it isn’t long before they descend into rivalries, chaos and violence. Artistic Director Kip Williams’ staging makes us look at Lord […]
This month Theatre Group will be seeing Avalanche: A Love Story. Direct from London it stars acclaimed British actor Maxine Peake and is a compelling story of hope and longing. By Julia Leigh Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks When a woman rekindles an early love in her late 30s her whole life changes. Deeply in love, […]
This month we will be seeing Sydney Theatre Company’s production of The Real Thing. Simon Phillips returns to direct an irresistible cast in this hugely entertaining and deeply affecting modern classic about the search for love. The Real Thing is playwright Tom Stoppard at his dazzling best. One of his most heartfelt plays, it’s a portrait […]
This month we will be seeing Tommy Murphy’s production of Packer & Sons, directed by Eamon Flack, at Belvoir St Theatre. In brief - a battler at a Tasmanian racecourse finds ten shillings in the dirt. He puts it on a 12-1 long shot, and when it romps home he’s off to the mainland, and […]
For our final Theatre group outing this year we will be seeing The Odd Couple at the Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli. Written by Neil Simon and directed by Mark Kilmurry. Comedy masters Darren Gilshenan and Steve Rodgers are the definitive odd couple in Simon’s hilarious Tony Award winning play of divorce, friendship and (mis)understanding. Oscar […]
Adapted for the stage by Steve Rodgers Directed by Darren Yap Belvoir presents Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta production. The Pollard family’s world is flipped on its head when illness breaches their sanctuary. Based on the novella by acclaimed Adelaide author Peter Goldsworthy, Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam is a powerful reminder of what […]
Darlinghurst Theatre Company in Sydney opens its 2020 season with a new, re-imagined production of A Chorus Line. Directed and choreographed by Amy Campbell, the iconic dance musical was ground-breaking when it premiered in 1975. It will be the first time that a professional Australian production of the show features entirely new choreography. Set on […]
Written by Virginia Woolf Adapted for the Stage by Carissa Licciardello & Tom Wright Directed by Carissa Licciardello What started as a lecture to a roomful of students became an essay, became a book, became a seismic wave. Virginia Woolf’s 1929 classic description of the need for new spaces and a complete redefinition of who […]
A heart-warming comedy about the highs and lows of family life. Sophie is an aspiring archaeologist, who left home when she was 20, but not without protest from her Australian-Jordanian family. With an awkward family reunion looming, Sophie is petrified of judgement from her ‘mad’ Aunty Azza and is forced to bury the truth about […]