Category: Performing Art

Performing Art

THEATRE – 42nd Street – Scotch College

The students and staff at Scotch College have ambitiously taken on 42nd Street and deliver a fine evening of singing and dancing, with the tap sequences perhaps the highlight.

THEATRE – The Crucible – UATG – Little Theatre – 3.5K

Kim Clark shines in his demanding role as John Proctor, scaling a number of arcs of character and plot especially as he comes to face that terrible choice between truth and life. 3.5K

THEATRE – The Matchmaker – Independent Theatre Co. – Goodwood Institute – 5K

This is the finest production I have witnessed by Rob Croser’s Independent Theatre team. It sparkles with wit and warmth right from the opening. 5K

THEATRE – The Red Cross Letters – 3.5K

As uncheerful as The Red Cross Letters is, it is nonetheless another important work in the on-going commemorations of the Great War that all Australians ought to experience. 3.5K

THEATRE PREVIEW – The Matchmaker – Independent Theatre – Goodwood Institute From 5-13 August

The Matchmaker became cinema’s Hello Dolly but the play has always been considered much the better.

THEATRE – Price Check the Musical – 4K

Price Check makes shopping more fun than it has ever been before. Check it out. 4K

THEATRE – Straight While Men – The Space – 4K

Director Nescha Jelk gives her players full rein and all give great performances; humour, hubris and heartache each successfully reaching out to the packed Space patrons. 4K

CABARET FESTIVAL – Yana Alana – 4K

Great fun amidst the foul language, Alana is a force of nature and a certain joy that seems undiminished by her rare display of on-stage modesty. 4K

THEATRE – Noble Cause & Boiled Cabbage by Tony Moore – HST – 3K

Moore’s work deserves attention; it is bright, challenging and entertaining, presenting some different views from the norm, which, with some better casting, may produce rich rewards for its audience in iterations ahead. 3K

CABARET FESTIVAL – Dash Kruck – 3K

But while the struggle for his audience was not as great as Kruck portrayed for himself on stage, 60 minutes proved as much as one would want. 3K