Blue/Orange, Ensemble, October 29; Emerald City, Griffin, November 10; A Christmas Carol, Belvoir, November 12; Daylight Saving, Eternity Playhouse, November 13; Cyrano de Bergerac, Sydney Theatre, November 18. WHY did quite a few commentators, myself included, feel we had to advertise our reservations about the prospect of A Christmas Carol? Or to liken ourselves to…
Month: November 2014
The drama of Patricia Highsmith
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, November 7 In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles as Harry Lime in The Third Man WHEN Sydney Theatre Company artistic director Andrew Upton announced STC’s 2014 program in September last year,…
Women to the fore
New Breed, Sydney Dance Company, Carriageworks, Sydney, November 4 AN enduring issue in dance is the predominance of male choreographers. This is overwhelmingly evident in ballet; less so in contemporary dance. Nevertheless, if you look at Sydney Dance Company’s programs over the past few years, the choreographers invited to join artistic director Rafael Bonachela on…
Old wine in new bottles
The Grand Chapiteau, Entertainment Quarter, Sydney, October 28. THE theme of Cirque du Soleil’s Totem is nothing less than the progress of the human race. The show begins with the thrilling sight of a man descending from the highest reaches of the vast Cirque tent, his mirror-encrusted bodysuit catching the light as he swirls in…
Raise the roof
Hayes Theatre Co, Sydney, October 22 GLORY hallelujah! Miracle City has been resurrected. It is alive and it is well, if a little in need of fine-tuning. An explanation for those not steeped in music-theatre lore: in 1996 Nick Enright and Max Lambert’s show had a short season at Sydney, Theatre Company and it was…
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