Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

September 8, 2018 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Playhouse, August 31, until September 28 6.5/10 At their best the rhymes come fizzing and spitting at you, the wit sizzling as writer Justin Fleming throws fat on Moliere’s fire. At other times the work feels more laboured, as if Moliere’s satire and Fleming’s meter, rhymes and token modernity have…

September 6, 2018 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Roslyn Packer Theatre, August 25 8/10 At its best it’s like wading against the great wash of humanity in peak hour at Central: an endless press of faces registering worry, sorrow, panic, anger and, yes, even joy. Many of the 90 roles leave you bruised as they stream from the…

August 16, 2018 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Old Fitz Theatre, August 4 6/10 Do you remember being accused as a child, and feeling guilty when you were innocent? Or perhaps you convinced yourself of your innocence when you were guilty? Steve Rodgers’ King of Pigs is like a giant finger pointing at every male in the audience…