Sydney Lyric Theatre, February 9 8.5/10 If you’re dragged to this with gritted teeth by someone you want to please, I promise you it will unclench those teeth. Yes, the stage is peopled with cartoon characters, but they have surprisingly big, three-dimensional hearts. And as the story (originally conceived by…
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Ensemble Theatre, February 1 7/10 Melanie Tait is a fine playwright, but she’s just missed the bullseye on this one. As plays and films stretching from Macbeth all the way to Bernd Eichinger’s brilliant screenplay for Downfall (about Adolf Hitler’s final weeks) have shown, villainous protagonists are so much more…
Wharf 1 Theatre, January 25 6.5/10 It’s as frothy as a full-cream cappuccino and as bright as a pink balloon. Imagine Kath & Kim written by Jane Austen with queer protagonists, and you’re touching on Lewis Treston’s first play for Sydney Theatre Company. It lovingly borrows from and lampoons Austen’s…