Sydney Opera House Studio, June 17 7/10 Jonny Hawkins first blazed on to the Sydney stage in 2021, playing the finely drawn, elderly Kings Cross eccentric Maureen, in the self-penned Maureen: Harbinger of Death, for one-actor. Five years later, and Hawkins has a new character to inhabit: now he is…
Category: Theatre Reviews
Reginald Theatre, June 13 8/10 Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler is a play that, like the painting of Edvard Munch and saxophone playing of Jan Garbarek, enshrined the rest of the world’s idea that Norwegians revel in desolation and despair. In 2023, British playwright Nina Segal crafted this work about shooting…
Playhouse, Sydney Opera House, June 10 6.5/10 Eddie Izzard loves a challenge. Her 131 marathons since 2009, raising money for charity, began with completing 43 of them in 51 days, despite no previous distance running. That gives context to her 140-minute version of Hamlet, playing all roles. For most actors,…