Roslyn Packer Theatre, August 23 8/10 Having penned her acclaimed play Switzerland about novelist Patricia Highsmith, Joanna Murray-Smith has now waved her wand across Highsmith’s most famous book, and made it a cracking play. An expert at fizzing dialogue and character exploration, here Murray-Smith has to sustain Highsmith’s premium on…
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Hayes Theatre, August 6 4/10 I don’t recall attending another show at the Hayes Theatre where the best part was strolling past the El Alamein Fountain. That Once on This Island won an Olivier Award (Best New Musical) and a Tony Award (Best Revival of a Musical) beggars belief. Even…
The Lounge, Chatswood Concourse, August 5 6/10 Macbeth must gnaw at your vitals with ever-increasing ferocity, just as the titular character’s desperation to escape his predicament gnaws at his own. It should be impossible to sit there passively: you should feel the spell ensnaring you; feel the blackness swelling. This…