This Heaven
As the play progresses the outcome becomes inevitable, but the journey is no less powerful for the knowing.
As the play progresses the outcome becomes inevitable, but the journey is no less powerful for the knowing.
This is one for the brave and emotionally secure.
This multitalented cast do offer, as the cliché goes, something for everybody.
All the accoutrements, however, existed in service to O’Sullivan. This was her show and her performance was captivating.
While visually stunning, Masi lacks a coherent enough narrative to retain the kind of attention needed to completely follow this dialogue-less 70-minute piece of physical theatre.
Lewis’s symphony of Davidson’s short stories is dark, somehow nearly staccato throughout with its blow after blow, but incredibly beautiful.
Much of the comedy comes from cliché and by definition the universal teenage experience is at its core the same, but while far from original it is irresistibly honest.
The final sequence featuring all four dancers was a triumph.
Overall an amazing experience, like no other.
We know how this story ends, like so many others, but Neil Armfield’s directorial vision ensures we get there with a new understanding of its lasting impact and importance.
A different audience may have heightened the black humour of the piece, as there were a number of occasions where more audience interaction felt necessary.
Kate Champion’s choreography is brilliant, particularly evocative in the drawn out sex scenes featuring our pro/antagonist and a life-sized puppet.
A perfect screen-to-stage transition.
While a wonderfully sassy and shamelessly tacky summer romp it may be, it does not quite reach the heights (low culture can get there!) that Nicolazzo’s previous work as a director has hinted at.
As a show that started late and goes for well over an hour, it starts to drag.
Watching Merchant solo is a real pleasure and makes you wonder why he hasn’t stepped out of Gervais’s shadows sooner.
By the time the sun set and headlining comedian Tim Minchin stepped onto the stage, there wasn’t a worry in the world.
‘Mariage Blanc’ is marriage without consummation, but there is plenty of sex in this production as lust, gender and sexuality are examined in this heart-warming, cock-filled cockamamie.
Tim Roseman’s no-holds-barred direction allows this snappy no-frills comedy to shine.
Beautiful One Day is confronting and strangely comforting.
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