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Writer: Dorota Maslowska Translator: Benjamin Paloff Adaptor: Lisa Goldman & Paul Sirett Director: Alice Livingstone Reviewer: David Kary The Public Reviews Rating: Are you in the mood to see something very left field, a bit disturbing and even more outrageous? Then the new offering at the Newtown Theatre, young Polish playwright Dorota Maslowska’s debut play, ‘A Couple Of [...]

Writer: Debbie Tucker Green Composer: Steve Francis Director: Wayne Blair Reviewer: David Kary The Public Reviews Rating: The subject of British-Jamaican playwright Debbie Tucker Green’s debut play ‘Dirty Butterfly’, first performed in London’s Soho theatre in 2003, is domestic violence and its devastating repercussions. Green tackles her subject from a very different angle. Amelia and Jason are a [...]

Writer: David Williamson Director- Tom Massey Reviewer: David Karry The Public Reviews Rating: The inner city Genesian Theatre Company’s current production is a revival of leading Australian playwright David Williamson’s confronting 1995 play ‘Dead White Males’. Similar to British playwright David Hare, Williamson is a playwright who likes to take on important issues. His canon includes plays on [...]

Writer: Julia Donalsdon Adaptor: Tall Stories Director: Stephen Colyer Reviewer:  David Kary The Public Reviews Rating: The Seymour Centre’s Everest Theatre is currently home to the return season of ‘The Gruffalo’, London’s Tall Theatre Company’s acclaimed adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s best selling children’s picture book (illustrations by Axel Scheffler). Donaldson’s book has certainly had a rich and long [...]

Writer: Eugine O’Neil Director: Andrew Upton Reviewer: David Kary The Public Reviews Rating: The great American playwright Eugene O’Neill described ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ (1956) as, ‘that play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood’. In this epic, cathartic work, O’Neill dramatises his own family’s story for the world’s stage. The stage has never seen a [...]