Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

November 11, 2022 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Sydney Lyric, October 27 6/10 A giant spatula would have been required to lay treacle on this thickly. I mean Cinderella’s story was never going to be mistaken for something penned by Hunter S Thompson, but it did have its light and its shade, and her glass slipper – which…

October 31, 2022 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Ensemble Theatre, October 19 9/10 Don’t miss this. The gaping holes of what is left unsaid make Harold Pinter’s dialogue so edgy as to demand a particular virtuosity from the actors. They must lift it into its own theatrical reality, or it can be trapped in the doldrums of stiltedness.…

October 18, 2022 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Theatre Royal, October 9 7/10 Nostalgia is more usually triggered by a smell, a song or a book than by a play. But, uniquely with The Mousetrap, a creeping sense of nostalgia is almost as important as the impact of the story, characters and performances – and that’s regardless of…