Roslyn Packer Theatre, November 19 8/10 Art to enchant, indeed. The Tempest is often better read than seen, but not this time. Director Kip Williams (for Sydney Theatre Company) has taken liberties with the text (inserting lines from other Shakespeare plays) that will drive the purists to distraction, while lending…
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York Theatre, November 17 8/10 So here’s another idea for a voice to parliament: the Wharf Revue team performs weekly for a joint sitting. Not only would it distract members and senators from the daily slog of calculating the worth of their super by the time they’re 70, it would…
Belvoir St Theatre, November 16 7.5/10 You see that fake-tanned liar announce he’s standing for US President again, and you fear for his country. Sri Lanka knows about civil war too well, especially the poor Tamils. All wars are horrific, but civil war compounds the horrors with neighbour slaughtering neighbour…