Belvoir St Theatre, October 11 4.5/10 Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 drama An Enemy of the People seems freakishly prescient in an era when politicians abandon all pretence of truth as a basis for decision-making, preferring to serve black-magic ideologies and special-interest groups (no doubt on promises of post-politics pay-backs). About a…
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Eternity Playhouse, October 9 7/10 She’s as hard as her surname. On the surface. Beneath that lie various strata of gravel, grit and dirt, and it’s only deeper still you hit the little seams of guilt, vulnerability and compassion. It’s not easy being Maggie Stone: bank loans officer, sick, lonely…
Springwood Presbyterian Hall, September 6 8.5/10 Musicians are like children. Some of their cries come from the heart and some are merely for attention. Julien Wilson’s only cry is the polar opposite of grandstanding. You hear it instantly; instantly feel the connection of a warmth of spirit reaching out. Wilson’s…