Category: Theatre Reviews

February 17, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

State Theatre, February 9 4.5/10 “It’s one for the money, two for the show, three to get…” No, not ready. Put the blue suede shoes back in the box. When an earlier incarnation of this Elvis Presley bio-musical played in Sydney last year, it wasn’t deemed ready for review by…

February 8, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Belvoir St Theatre, February 3 9/10 It’s desperately sad, fierce, funny, intoxicating and confronting. In other words, Tiny Beautiful Things is desperately full of life. Cheryl Strayed’s book of this name was improbable fodder for a play, and remains so, despite Nia Vardalos’s expert adaptation, and director Lee Lewis having…

February 6, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Ensemble Theatre, January 31 8.5/10 This is rare: a play that has a beating heart as big as a hug from your mum, and yet is not even slightly mawkish. Even rarer, it has that heart, and yet is about the skull-splintering game of rugby union. Rarer still, it’s the…