John Shand Posts

November 20, 2024 / Theatre Reviews

Seymour Centre, November 12 8/10 Wanted: satirists to fill gaping holes in the political and theatrical landscapes. Must be able to write, act, sing, dance, direct, play musical instruments, cross-dress, mimic, and be funny for 25 years. Yes, that’s how long Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott have been…

November 16, 2024 / Features

Set designer Bob Cousins had a problem. Eamon Flack, Belvoir St Theatre’s artistic director, wanted to do Tracy Lett’s great 2007 play, August: Osage County, and Letts specifies a set consisting with a three-storey house, including a three-room ground floor – hardly possible on Belvoir’s stage, so they simply abandoned…

November 7, 2024 / Concert Reviews

St Stephen’s Church, November 1 9/10 Her voice sparked and flared even more than her blue-and-gold gown in the lights. One moment it was chomping and grinding in her contralto range, and then, like an inverse shooting star, it dashed up to pitches beyond the stratosphere. Quite simply, Jazzmeia Horn…