Foundry Theatre, January 8 8/10 This makes one’s brain fizz without resort to champagne. When the wit, elegance, craft, intelligence and passion of Stephen Sondheim’s songs are married to superlative performances, ingenious arrangements and stylish design, I can’t imagine a more charmingly sophisticated night out. The apotheosis comes when Caroline…
Category: Theatre Reviews
1 Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Belvoir St Theatre A mere handful of the thousands of shows I’ve seen have burned themselves permanently into my brain. They include Peter Brook’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Roy Dotrice in Brief Lives, Steven Berkoff’s Salome and Neil Armfield’s Cloudstreet. This list seldom…
KXT on Broadway, December 13 6.5/10 There’s no flashback as delightfully disorienting as an unreliable one. Trent Foo uses the device repeatedly in his debut play. The spiral of realities is made all the giddier by Foo’s also playing the protagonist Heepa, so Foo’s character is arguing about the veracity…