Sydney Lyric, March 16 7/10 Of course I didn’t duck, but the big head in front of me did – not an unreasonable reaction when a cropper-duster aircraft is flying straight at you. Yes, all the action scenes from Alfred Hitchcock’s timeless film are here in some guise, mainly thanks…
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Ensemble Theatre, March 9 7/10 The curse of genius is having to rub up against more mediocre minds. That’s why genius and irascibility are twisted together in the character of Isaac Newton, to form the hook on which David Williamson hangs his 2018 play. Williamson has seldom strayed far from…
Belvoir St Theatre, March 2 6/10 You know how you can line up two mirrors, so the image in each repeats and repeats towards infinity? This play is like that. Director/adaptor Carissa Licciardello’s raw material was the screenplay for John Cassavetes’ masterful 1977 film, Opening Night, depicting events behind the…