Sydney Theatre Company, Roslyn Packer Theatre, April 7 In Endgame Samuel Beckett repeatedly pokes the ribs the great cosmic joke in which we find ourselves and extracts a few more crackling laughs. From the moment the play begins the end is nigh. Clov’s opening line is “Finished, it’s finished,…
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Hayes Theatre, February 22 Starting a cabaret show with Rose’s Turn from Gypsy is certainly a statement. Larger than life and built for belting Ethel Merman-style, this emotional big dipper shouts at the audience, “Hey! Listen! Where most people end their shows is where I begin!” Daring to test one’s…
Playhouse, February 10 For all Dame Edna’s technicolour bravura and Sir Les’s slobbering buffoonery the most telling segment of a Barry Humphries show could often be Sandy Stone’s. Suddenly a cloud of wistful poignancy passed across the comedy. At the end of Max Gillies’ one-man show Once Were Leaders he…