Alana Valentine's enchanting and perceptive play about a white woman's clumsy attempts to befriend a black woman in an Alice Springs town camp explores serious themes beneath an often comical story, writes Alison Cotes.
Conor McPherson is an acclaimed Irish playwright. Darlinghurst Theatre's production of his Tony-winning work is one of the finest independent productions Lloyd Bradford Syke has seen this year.
The lavish scale of Graeme Murphy's new opera, upon which no expense seems to have been spared, is almost overwhelming, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke.
Based on the ancient myths of Roman poet Ovid, PACT's new production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses is a richly rewarding experience with magical musical contributions and a brilliant young directorial muse, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke.
A Hollywood composer in Erich Korngold, an Australian film director in Bruce Beresford, a long-lost opera brought back to life by Opera Australia. The tragedy is it took so long to get to us, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke.
Director Simon Stone's Aussie rendering of Arthur Miller's piece de resistance, featuring a sparse set and a deep and versatile performance from Colin Friels, exhibits a compelling twist on a well-preserved American classic, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke.
Director Dave Sleswick's heavily re-imagined take on La Voix Humaine, consisting of one woman emoting over the phone for an hour and a half, is incredibly depressing but extremely well executed, writes Alison Cotes.
Lloyd Bradford Syke didn't find his slice of Porn.Cake very nutritious. The Griffin Theatre production, he says, is all sugar and no substance.
Melbourne's Dancehouse is celebrating its 20th anniversary next week with a retrospective of work from its storied past. It promises to be a rare treat for dance lovers.
Writer/director Chris Aronsten's moving and substantive play Malice Toward None is a series of vignettes oriented around addicts and addiction, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke.
