The Working Lives of Others
Elise Hawthorne The work one does often help us to define who we are as a person and can show the wider world where our talents lie. Award-winning novelist and…
Crunch Time
Elise Hawthorne David Williamson’s final ever play Crunch Time is an astute commentary on family dynamics with death, love and sibling rivalry fully front and centre. The dialogue between characters…
Lights of Christmas Shine Bright
Lights of Christmas, created and produced by Anthony Bastic and his team at AGB Events, returns to St Mary’s Cathedral over the Christmas period. To mark the 10th anniversary of…
Q & A with Elliot Mintz
Elise Hawthorne Elliot Mintz started his professional career as a radio DJ in Los Angeles in the 1960s, becoming a TV presenter/reporter in the 1970s before branching out to become…
Loved Me Some Trevor
Elise Hawthorne Seriously, do yourself a favour and go see a pantomime (or panto) this silly season, and when you do make sure you choose Trevor’s Ashley’s latest ode to…
The Odd Couple Rocks the Ensemble
Elise Hawthorne The Ensemble Theatre’s latest production doesn’t disappoint. Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple is a rollicking good story – an escape from reality, yet at the same time, it…
The Split
After a critically acclaimed season in Adelaide, House of Sand brings new Australian play The Split by Sarah Hamilton to The Old 505 in Newtown this December. In the wake…
The God of Isaac
Elise Hawthorne What does it mean to be Jewish? As it turns out, whatever you want it to mean. My reflections…prompted by seeing the marvelous play, The God of Isaac.…
Matriarch, A Masterpiece
Elise Hawthorne Gran, Nan, Mum, Child – intergenerational trauma. 2019 Green Room Award-winning performer, Sandy Greenwood brings her hit one-woman show, Matriarch to the Old 505 Theatre at this year’s…
The Grapes of Wrath
Elise Hawthorne “There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do.” The New Theatre in Newtown packs a punch with its latest play, John Steinbeck’s…