Reviews – Archive

Alison’s House

By Stephe Harrop

Even-handed and humane, Alison’s House is another timely and thought-provoking find from The Orange Tree.

Oct 11 2009 | View Comments

Found in the Ground

By Stephe Harrop

Found in the Ground isn’t calculated to accommodate the Barker novice, or anyone with a low-ish boredom threshold.

Oct 5 2009 | View Comments

The Author

By Matt Boothman

In the final 15 minutes, The Author is revealed for what it has really been all along: a daring act of self-flagellation by Crouch on behalf of provocative art and controversial artists.

Oct 2 2009 | View Comments

Money

By Matt Boothman

The machine is the undisputed star of the production, which, after a few deliberately confusing false-starts, eventually reveals itself as a parable about the dangers of stock market speculation.

Oct 2 2009 | View Comments

The Way Through the Woods

By Diana Damian

The Way Through the Woods aims to be a challenging and accessible piece of theatre, but it remains unbalanced between the potential of the audience journey and the energy of the cast.

Sep 29 2009 | View Comments

Cindermouse

By Stephe Harrop

It’s hard not to be impressed by a show that handles a demanding crowd so deftly, charming kids and adults alike, without ever seeming to try too hard.

Sep 27 2009 | View Comments

Orestes: Re-Examined

By Matt Boothman

In Full Tilt’s revival of Orestes: Re-Examined, the audience is brought forward as jury to judge the case of Orestes’ matricide and its myriad ramifications.

Sep 27 2009 | View Comments

Mother Courage and Her Children

By Matt Boothman

Like a glass-panelled clock, Deborah Warner’s Mother Courage and Her Children doesn’t just choose not to conceal its inner workings, it displays them, inviting the audience to marvel at the way the pieces fit together.

Sep 24 2009 | View Comments

The Sugar Beast Circus & Milkwood Rodeo

By Stephe Harrop

In Jackson Lane Theatre’s season of carnivalesque events, The Sugar Beast Circus and Milkwood Rodeo display a keen desire to interrogate the tawdry, magical, dreadful world of the circus.

Sep 20 2009 | View Comments

Punk Rock

By Matt Boothman

As an examination of the overly simplistic adult tendency to classify teenage behaviour as the direct result of easily identifiable causes like alcohol, pornography and violent media, Punk Rock delivers.

Sep 20 2009 | View Comments