The Age review of Travesties by Tom Stoppard
Monday 17 June Cameron Woodhead ★★★ Highbrow types won’t need reminding that Sunday was Bloomsday. Named after the central character in James Joyce’s Ulysses, it’s the date on which that towering monument of modernist fiction was set, and it has…
The Australian review of The Merry Wives of Windsor
Chris Boyd The Australian April 20, 2016 Here’s a production to rescue The Merry Wives of Windsor from the remainder pile of Shakespearean history. If you know the plot at all, chances are you picked it up from Verdi’s last…
The Merry Wives of Windsor
You're Tearing Me Apartment: The Roomsical
THIS SHOW IS NOT FOR THE PRUDISH SO READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK. The Room (Movie) has become a cult staple and is regarded as the Citizen Kane of sh*?@t movies. YOU’RE TEARING ME APARTMENT: THE ROOMSICAL, more a…
In Vogue: Songs By Madonna
Michael Griffiths IS Madonna. No accent, costume or wig. Just 'Madge' accompanying herself at the piano leading you on a journey through her tough life and tender songs. Strike a pose, get into the groove and express yourself as Madonna…
Tom Sharah in Que Sera, Sharah
Can a cabaret show have too much attitude? Too much pizzaz? Or a young star have too much showbiz in his veins? Not when the star is Tom Sharah, winner of the 2009 Sydney Cabaret Showcase. Too much is just…
Urban Display Suite
Urban Display Suite is a deliciously malicious musical satire on our national obsession with the property market. With Melbourne houses the most overvalued in the world, our city is awash with tandoori tanned real estate agents, tasteless architecture and boring…
Searchlight: Benn Bennett, Chas Forrest et al
A thoroughly entertaining evening of music comedy and a little mayhem. We even had freshly cooked sausages at interval! Benn Bennett and Chas Forrest. (The latter playing the drums with a broken foot.) Benn Bennett, Chas Forrest and some dancing…
More Searchlight photos…
Benn Bennett and Wes Snelling in Black Bag. (Note the sparkly 'Ken Done' pants in the 3rd photo.. just luverly) Jodee Mundy, Mal Webb and Francesca Waters in Sandra Fiona Long's Tyrant with Sharks Ellie Nielson in Waiting for Isabella…
Searchlight Festival
In February this year fortyfivedownstairs and Tashmadada are (very proudly) presenting the second Searchlight Festival. The programme is looking super... check it out on the Searchlight Festival website: searchlightfestival10.wordpress.com The Festival begins on the 17th of February 2010. Tickets will…