All posts tagged "Lindsay Dunn"

Theatre Review: An Ideal Husband

A fine production true to Wilde’s wit and sarcasm

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Theatre Review: Four Flat Whites in Italy

Therry has again found a winner - don’t miss this warm and amusing comedy

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Theatre Review: A Love Affair

Presented by: Galleon Theatre Group Reviewed: 21 October, 2022 Jimmy and Alice have been married for all of their adult lives. Now in their 60s, and having to move out of the family home, they are clearing out the attic junk and reminiscing about their shared lives. Younger versions of both of them appear on […]

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Theatre Review: Love Letters

A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters premiered in 1988 and was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize. It tells the story of the love between Melissa and Andy, who first meet as children.

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Theatre Review: The Rivals

Written in 1775 by Richard Sheridan, The Rivals has seen many revivals, but still maintains its intrinsic humour.

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Theatre Review: Seventeen

Written as a vehicle for the founders of the venerable Belvoir Street Theatre, Seventeen sees a group of teenagers, hanging out in a park, on their last day of school. Except that these teens are played by middle-aged actors.

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Theatre Review: Dividing the Estate

You can always rely on Red Phoenix to give you an interesting night out in the theatre. Dividing the Estate is a richly written piece of American drama by Horton Foote.

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Theatre Review: Nell Gwynn

Written by Jessica Swale, Nell Gwynn charts the rags-to-riches story of Nell, London’s first actor-ess (“it means female actor”), in a saucy, irreverent, not-entirely-historically-accurate but very entertaining look into this woman’s life.

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Theatre Review: The Man from Earth

Director Robert Kimber has said the theme of the play can be encapsulated in the idea of ‘moving on’ but at the same time we can never know where the next journey may take us. Time is of the essence in the play as is the existential question of time being seen subjectively by each of us.

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Theatre Review: Season’s Greetings

Season’s Greetings: a family gathers for four days of Christmas festivities, which rapidly disintegrate into attempted adultery, attempted murder and attempted puppetry!

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Theatre Review: Henry V

Shakespeare is a serious business, so why was there so much laughter in the theatre? It is because director Megan Dansie is not afraid to treat the script with the irreverence it occasionally deserves.

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Theatre Review: Calendar Girls

Six mature women from the Women’s Institute in the North of England have all experienced loss and so raise money for a settee in a nearby cancer ward.

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Theatre Review: Cheaters

Michael Jacobs' comedy 'Cheaters' is about relationships and an examination of commitment and fidelity.

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Galleon Theatre Company All Set To Take A Light Hearted Look At ‘Cheaters’

Galleon Theatre Company are all set to present Michael Jacobs' delightful rom-com (with a slight difference) Cheaters as their 2016 season's final production.

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Theatre Review: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Usually considered the first of Shakespeare’s plays, 'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' is often thought to be less well crafted, but this doesn't seem the case with this production.

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Adelaide Fringe

Fringe Review: Roughs For Radio

Samuel Beckett wrote Roughs for radio. So, how would you stage them as plays? The answer is simple and blindingly obvious: blindfold the audience!

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Theatre Review: A Tender Thing

In 2007, young dramaturg Ben Power, was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, to develop a 'Romeo and Juliet' for older actors.

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What If Romeo And Juliet Hadn’t Died, But Lived?

Set in modern times 'A Tender Thing' portrays an ageing Romeo and Juliet in a tender, often funny, and ultimately poignant story of love.

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Theatre Review: Much Ado About Nothing

When Megan Dansie directs Shakespeare something special happens. The setting of this piece at the end of WWII gives it depth and a darker side than it previously seemed to show.

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