Ensemble Theatre, September 7 8/10 It’s a tragedy spiralling in tandem with “what if?” questions. Anna Ziegler’s 2008 play, here having its Australian premiere, provides a fictionalised account of the malfunctioning relationships that resulted in Rosalind Franklin, who died at 37 of ovarian cancer, not posthumously sharing in one of…
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Wharf 1 Theatre, September 1 9/10 Walter has sufficient self-knowledge to describe himself as a volcano; one erupting with a lava of bitterness. He sees a future mapped out before him in which he continues to chauffeur a rich white man, while his young son, Travis, continues to sleep on…
Belvoir St Theatre, August 24 8/10 Suddenly it congeals. We are well into Act Two when Jonathan re-enters with a neck spasm, and that excruciating movement instantly conveys all the piteousness of his plight. Having sympathised with Jonathan from the start, now we empathise, and the emotional connection is real,…