Body Dysmorphic Disorder is the central topic of Fiona and Julie Malone's important and sobering production that plays with the idea of the "perfect body," says Lloyd Bradford Skye.
David Williamson, again, really? How do we -- by which I mean 19 people across the country, and all three million citizens of Melbourne -- get so hung up on Australia's most overstretched playwright?
It's a rare all-Aussie musical, thanks to America via Soviet Russia. So is the highly-anticipated Anthony Warlow vehicle Doctor Zhivago any good? Lloyd Bradford Syke has the first review.
It's not the incest that's creepy about Malthouse Melbourne's 'Tis Pity She's A Whore, but the misogyny. Better left dead, says Andrew Fuhrmann, in this John Ford deconstruction.
Jacqueline McKenzie makes a welcome return to the stage as a needy doctor's wife in this costume drama from writer Sarah Ruhl, who effectively probes the strange way humans rationalise behaviour, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.
Martin McDonagh's unpredictable play about a man searching for his hand isn't for all tastes but it's tense, funny and sharp-witted, writes Jason Whittaker.
Before Lantana, there was Speaking In Tongues. Is Andrew Bovell's masterpiece our greatest modern play? A new Sydney production might provide proof, says Lloyd Bradford Syke on Crikey theatre blog Curtain Call.
Julia Gillard and the Labor government are on the precipice, and it’s nothing to do with pink batts. It’s simply that Julia, who I like and admire, is a perfectly lousy actor, writes playwright David Williamson.
A desperate mum put out the call on Facebook: her 4-year-old daughter, afflicted with Cerebral Palsy, wanted a bike. So the Melbourne showbiz family united. Tonight, Tiny Dancer, hosted by Julia Zemiro, will raise money for the Kids Plus Foundation.
This new broadway production in which The Kids get up to no good both celebrates and defies musical theatre tradition, subverting it just enough for the all-singing sentimentality — the bane of most musical haters — to resonate, writes Jason Whittaker.
