Ensemble Theatre, December 7 7.5/10 Even the shriek of nails on a blackboard is preferable to the mannered flourishes and dry-mouthed woodenness that passes for acting in the worst amateur theatricals. By contrast, we not only forgive bad drawing and painting, we stick the stuff to our fridges when our…
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Roslyn Packer Theatre, November 25 7/10 This is Chekhov on steroids. The Russian master delighted in poking fun not only at all his characters in The Seagull, but at himself as a writer, too. Andrew Upton’s new adaptation, directed by Imara Savage for Sydney Theatre Company, does so much fun-poking…