Eliza Doolittle (Claire Lyon) has got on top of where it rains in Spain and the safest topics of conversation (weather and health). She has entranced everyone at an upper-crust ball, looking unutterably poised in white. She has been the toast of Royal Ascot, scene of arguably the most delicious display of glamour in all…
Tag: Reg Livermore
Let’s do the Time Warp. Again.
Nostalgia currently rules at Sydney’s big three commercial theatres, along with a hefty dose of pragmatism. Old favourites are back in relatively modest productions that have been designed to tour. Nothing is settling in for too long, which is undoubtedly a wise move. Who’d be a producer these days? It’s hard enough at the best…
Two up, two down
The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Workhorse Theatre Company, September 23 Children of the Sun, Sydney Theatre Company, September 24 (matinee) The Last Confession, Chichester Festival Theatre production, Theatre Royal, Sydney, September 24 (evening) Wicked, Capitol Theatre, Sydney, September 25 LET’S start with Wicked. It’s not quite The Lion King, which last…
