Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, March 18 8/10 Americans who covet guns do so partly in case their government goes rogue on them. That’s not an excuse; just an observation. The government did go rogue in Australia, and what happened? Blessedly, no one was shot. Instead, we had an Ombudsman investigation,…
Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive
Reginald Theatre, April 2 9/10 It’s gone from being rare to optional, fashionable and almost compulsory: the idea that art should reveal the artist. Many playwrights also feel obliged to reveal their convictions, thereby often degrading art to doctrine. US playwright Will Arbery is braver and more ambitious. He bombards…
Eternity Playhouse, March 30 7/10 Stay Woke doesn’t just tackle the issue of racism, it bites the head off it, and then throws a spot of gender fluidity into the bloodbath. Playwright Aran Thangaratnam uses the handy narrative ploy of squashing his characters together in unfamiliar surroundings (the Victorian ski…