Reginald Theatre, May 15 7.5/10 Remember when humour and bad taste were allowed to share spittle in the same mouth? David Ireland does. The Belfast playwright has his characters spewing countless lines that leave you unsure whether laughing isn’t a little naughty. Yet not laughing is impossible, because what they’re…
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Roslyn Packer Theatre, May 1 8.5/10 The last decade has seen musical theatre not just reinventing itself, but shredding its own rulebook, and two of the most revolutionary shows are playing in Sydney simultaneously. Hamilton, the greatest revolution of all, is now joined by Fun Home, which, storming Broadway a…
Lennox Theatre, April 30 8/10 Tiny tinfoil boats snake their way down stage to make a glittering Amazon River in Kate Gaul’s Siren Theatre Co production of Noelle Janaczewska’s Good with Maps. First aired five years ago, this 50-minute one-hander references the soft understatement and pith helmets of Victorian-era gripping…