Category: Theatre Reviews

October 6, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Wharf 2 Theatre, September 27 4/10 No one has the nerve to let this play just be in a woke world. So a man treats a woman badly. Does this not happen? Should it not be depicted? Women also treat men badly – or, more to the point, people treat…

September 25, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Ensemble Theatre September 12 9/10 Simon Maiden’s Lee creates a tension thick with latent violence; a black hole of negative energy. His blank eyes stare with hate and resentment. “You go ahead, like I wasn’t even here,” he tells his brother Austin (Darcy Kent), who’s trying to write a screenplay,…

September 24, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Hayes Theatre, September 11 8/10 Don’t necessarily judge a musical by its soundtrack. The original Broadway cast recording of Bright Star suggested I was in for a long night. The music and lyrics, by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, are in a bluegrass/country vein, evoking the setting in North Carolina’s…