Category: Theatre Reviews

March 14, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Old Fitz Theatre, March 9 8/10 What curious creatures we theatre-goers are, accepting being emotionally scarred, in this case by a lone actor. And what a fine line it is along which a drama for one actor dances, requiring an inbuilt theatricality so it needs to be seen rather than…

March 12, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

The Playhouse, March 5 8.5/10 There are glimpses of greatness here. In making his professional stage debut, JK Kazzi does not just perform Shakespeare, he tackles this play’s epic title role. Plucky. While his performance is flawed, when he spears the part, he humanises Henry and lifts him far above…

February 27, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Drama Theatre, February 21 6.5/10 Joan Lindsay’s fantastical 1967 novel told of colonial Australians trying to tame a land they didn’t understand, and which therefore seemed hostile. Two schoolgirls – a charismatic and a swot – invaded Hanging Rock with a stitched-up teacher and were consumed: unknowing sacrifices to an…