Category: Theatre Reviews

January 16, 2023 / Theatre Reviews

Everest Theatre, January 5  9/10 We tend to think of emotions as being fierce or wet, but often they are as fragile as dried flowers. British writer Dennis Kelly’s play is about what happens when the flower disintegrates. To tell the story may deny the piece its potential to make…

January 12, 2023 / Theatre Reviews

The Cutaway, Barangaroo, January 4 10/10 It hijacks your senses from the moment you walk in, but keeps its king-hit for the end. Having already become familiar with aspects of Frida Kahlo’s life and work, now you actually enter the late Mexican painter’s world, via headphones and virtual-reality headsets. This…

January 6, 2023 / Theatre Reviews

Concert Hall, December 30 8/10 Having played Mozart in London and New York in 1999, Michael Sheen now slides into the sleeves and trousers of Salieri so completely that he disappears. The Welsh actor famed for playing Tony Blair or Bill Masters is nowhere to be seen; just the poisonous…