Newtown’s New Theatre explores the concept of what it is to be a wife, told through a queer lens, over multiple periods, with the unifying thread being productions of Ibsen’s classic play of marital discord, A Doll’s House. Sound complicated? Well, it is! However, director Darrin Redgate does an excellent…
Sunset Boulevard (w Silvie Paladino) As with my initial review of Sunset Boulevard, I need to preface the following with some critical statements. Firstly – Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber is my favourite musical. Secondly, I adore Silvie Paladino – especially in this! Tuesday night saw me attend my…
Titanique at The Grand Electric, SydneyReview by Damien Barrett @_helloshoppers. | Fashionably Late Podcast We rarely get off-Broadway productions here in Australia, and it’s even less common to get one so quickly after opening in New York. Still, after having seen the hilarious Titanic parody Titanique at the Daryl Roth Theatre in New…
Presented by GWB Entertainment and Opera Australia By Damien Barrett @_helloshoppers I need to preface my review of Opera Australia’s Sunset Boulevard with a couple of important statements. Firstly, Sunset Boulevard is my all-time favourite musical. And secondly, I am a genuine fan of Sarah Brightman – but not in…
Divinely Joyous – Donovan, Burchmore and Lemon triumph as a Holy Trinity Review by Damien Barrett @_helloshoppers Not every musical can be a Hamilton or a Les Mis and take the world by storm. Not every musical can be a lavish, over-the-top spectacular like Moulin Rouge, the jukebox musical to…
Words: Damien Barrett @_helloshoppers | Images: Bob Seary A macabre black comedy with a touch of (non)erotic asphyxiation It’s 1965, and capital punishment has just been abolished in the UK. In a dingy pub in the north of England, the landlord, Harry, who until recently was known as “the second-best…