Belvoir St Theatre, June 12 7.5/10 As improbable as this seems when we gaze out upon a broken world, or scrutinise our own chaotic lives, living is the easy part. Dying is the trick: not the last breath itself, but the lead-up, once mortality grips you, and asks whether you…
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Reginald Theatre, May 31 7/10 Eureka Day is a satire to make you squirm more than laugh. Exaggeration is almost non-existent, the corollary being that naturalism is ratcheted up to the point where it can seem like spying on real people more than watching a play. Playwright Jonathan Spector takes…
Old Fitz Theatre, May 25 9/10 Although Alex never appears, Tenkei, a Buddhist nun, speaks for us when she tells Mary Jane, Alex’s mother, “I see him very clearly.” Alex, two-and-a-half years old, has been riddled with critical medical conditions since birth. Mary Jane has split with the father, and…