All posts tagged "David Roach"
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512ArtsTheatre Review: Journey’s End
Journey’s End is riveting from the very start to the very moving, explosive end
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1.1KArtsTheatre Review: Ghosts
Provoking, emotionally draining and beautifully crafted
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1.5KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Mrs Warren’s Profession
First performed in London in 1902 almost a decade after it was first written, George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession is back in theatre, this time presented by South Australia’s very own Independent Theatre.
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1.3KEntertainmentTheatre Review: The Maltese Falcon
Another well presented drama from Independent Theatre - the stage version of the Humphrey Bogart film noir classic!
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1.5KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Look Homeward Angel
Set in Altamont, North Carolina in 1916 the play takes place, for the most part, in the Dixieland Boarding House. Thought to be mostly autobiographical Thomas Wolfe’s story, adapted by Keith Frings, is complex and focuses on family relationships.
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865ArtsTheatre Review: Old Wicked Songs
Set in Vienna in the spring of 1986 Old Wicked Songs explores the relationship between a student and teacher. In this case it is a pianist who is forced to study singing with an unknown teacher if he wishes to continue his studies with his chosen professor. The characters have trouble communicating with each other but have a common ground in music.
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781ArtsTheatre Review: Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday was written at the end of WWII but could have been written yesterday: the bombastic, bullying, misogynistic Harry Brock could easily be mistaken for a pre-presidential Donald Trump.
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756ArtsTheatre Review: Cry God For Harry
Drawing on four of Shakespeare's history plays (Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V), director Rob Croser has woven an enthralling single play.
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1.2KArtsTheatre Review: Private Peaceful
Thomas ‘Tommo’ Peaceful who, although not real, is a representation of the many teenage boys who were court martialled and shot during WWI.
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1.1KArtsTheatre Review: The Matchmaker
Thornton Wilder's 'The Matchmaker' is an hilarious and witty look at arranged romances.
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774ArtsTheatre Review: Hamlet
Any of Shakespeare’s tragedies are a big ask, especially for the lead player, and Hamlet has been played by many big names
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1.1KArtsA Brilliant New Young Hamlet For Adelaide
n 1999, Independent Theatre produced 'Hamlet' with Nick Opolski as the central character. Now, director Rob Croser revisits this famous play, with a young Hamlet.
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688Performing ArtsTheatre Review: Red Velvet
Ira Aldridge was the first black actor to play the role of ‘Othello’ in London during the 1830s. 'Red Velvet' examines this theatrical event with warmth and humour.
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831LatestScott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age Masterpiece On Stage
Independent Theatre will roar into The Space with a new version of F Scott Fitzgerald's iconic romance, 'The Great Gatsby'.
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560LatestTheatre Review: Bracken Moor
An effective ghost story set in 1937 when a wealthy mine owner faces the 10th anniversary of the death of his son, and a wife who has decided she should be with the child.
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924LatestTheatre Review: Peter and Alice
A brutally emotive exploration of the real life characters that inspired Peter Pan & Alice in Wonderland, and the unhealthy relationships that emerged around them.
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620LatestTheatre Review: Caesar and Cleopatra
George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra arrives on stage thanks to Independent Theatre, full of all the laughs, tragedy and intrigue of it’s past renditions.
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489LatestIndependent Theatre celebrates with political comedy
Independent Theatre's 30th anniversary begins with a timeless political comedy with surprising relevance today...
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Film & TV
Film Review: Red Obsession
What makes the difference between the wine we can buy with the spare change in our pocket however, and the wine we’d need to apply for a mortgage to buy? This film documentary talks us through the delicate, infinitely complex economy of wine.
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Review: The Magnificent Ambersons
A Pulitzer prize winning novel, an Academy Award nominated film directed by Orson Welles, and now a great stage play by Rob Croser. Rush for tickets, as this is sure to draw huge crowds.
