Billy Elliot – The Musical.  Book and Lyrics by Lee Hall.  Music by Elton John. Free Rain at Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre,  April 9 – May 5 2024. Reviewed by Frank McKone April 16 CREATIVES Director: Jarrad West; Asst Director: Jill Young Musical Directors: Katrina Tang & Caleb Campbell Choreographer: Michelle Heine Set Design: Dr Cate Clelland; Costume Design: Tanya Taylor Lighting Design: Jacob Aquilina; Sound Design: Dillan Willding ORCHESTRA Keys 1/Conductor: Caleb Campbell; Keys 2: Vivian Zhu / Katrina Tang Reed 1: Lara Turner; Reed 2: Caleb ..read more

  RBG Of Many,One by Suzie Millar. Directed by Priscilla Jackman and performed by Heather Mitchell. Designer. David Fleischer. Lighting Designer. Alexander Berlage. Composer and Sound Designer Paul Charlier. Assistant Director Sharon Millerchip. Voice and Accent Coach. Jennifer White. The Playhouse. Canberra Theatre Centre. Bookings:02 62752700 or www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au. Reviewed by Peter Wilkins   It is almost two years since I reviewed Sydney Theatre Company’s production of RBG:Of Many, One. (See below) Last night at the Canberra Theatre Centre’s Playhouse, I viewed t ..read more

Written by Suzie Miller – Directed by Priscilla Jackman Designed by David Fleischer – Lighting Design by Alexander Berlage Composer and sound design by Paul Charlier. Assistant Director: Sharon Millerchip – Voice & Accent Coach: Jennifer White. Ruth Bader Ginsburg performed by HEATHER MITCHELL Canberra Theatre Centre Playhouse 11-24th April 2024. Opening Night performance on 12th April reviewed by Bill Stephens. You may not know much about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or any of the other justices who sat on   Supreme Court of the United States of America for that matter. However, Rut ..read more

    The Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto. Lexi Sekuless Productions at the Mill Theatre at Dairy Road, Canberra, April 10-27 2024 Reviewed by Frank McKone April 13 Production Team Director: Lexi Sekuless Sound Designer and Composer: Leisa Keen Production Designer: Annette Sharpe Lighting Designer: Jennifer Wright Production Stage Manager: Katerina Smalley Production Photography and Film: Daniel Abroguena Interviewer voice: Timmy Sekuless Set Construction: Simon Grist Producer: Lexi Sekuless Productions Publicity Photographer: Robert Coppa Publicity Hair and Makeup: Vicky Hayes Major ..read more

  Fergus Paterson as Billy Elliot - Joe Dinn as Billy's father Jackie Elliot in Free-Rain Theatre's production of "Billy Elliot" Book and Lyrics by Lee Hall – Music by Elton John Directed by Jarrad West – Choreographed by Michelle Heine Musical Direction by Katrina Tang and Caleb Campbell Set design by Cate Clelland – Costume Design by Tanya Taylor Lighting Design by Jacob Aquilina – Sound Design by Dillan Willding The Q, Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre April 9 – May 5, 2024 Opening night performance on April 11 reviewed by BILL STEPHENS Janie Lawson as Mrs Wilkinson wi ..read more

  RGB: Of Many, One by Suzie Miller.  Sydney Theatre Company at Canberra Theatre Centre Playhouse, April 12-21 2024. Reviewed by Frank McKone April 12 Director Priscilla Jackman Designer David Fleischer Lighting Designer Alexander Berlage Composer & Sound Designer Paul Charlier Assistant Director Sharon Millerchip Voice & Accent Coach Jennifer White Associate Designer (Tour) Emma White Associate Sound Designer (Tour) Zac Saric With Heather Mitchell Understudy Lucy Bell Marketing image Rene Vaile Production photos Prudence Upton RGB Of Many, One brings together three e ..read more

    The Shoe-Horn Sonata. Writer John Misto. Director Lexi Sekuless. Sound Designer and Composer: Leisa Keen Production Designer: Annette Sharpe. Lighting Designer: Jennifer Wright. Production Stage Manager: Katerina Smalley. Production Photography and Film: Daniel Abroguena. Interviewer voice: Timmy Sekuless Set Construction: Simon Grist. Publicity Photographer: Robert Coppa. Publicity Hair and Makeup: Vicky Hayes. Producer: Lexi Sekuless Productions. Major partner: Elite Event Technology.   Mill Theatre, Building 3.3, 1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick. April 10 – 27. Boo ..read more

  The Motive and the Cue at t The Motive and the Cue Written by Jack Thorne. Directed by Sam Mendes. Sharmill Films National Theatre of Great Britain. Noél Coward Theatre. National Theatre Live. Dendy Cinema. Canberra. www.ntlive.com Reviewed by Peter Wilkins Mark Gatiss as Sir John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton   Jack Thorne’s The Motive and the Cue offers a fascinating and illuminating insight into a behind the scenes glimpse into the 1964 rehearsal period for Richard Burton’s Hamlet under the direction of Sir John Gielgud. The NT Live screening of Sam Men ..read more

  Written by John Misto Directed by Lexi Sekuless Mill Theatre at Dairy Road, Fyshwick to 27 April   Reviewed by Len Power 12 April 2024   First performed in 1995, “The Shoe Horn Sonata” won several awards for its Australian playwright, John Misto. Based on true wartime events, two women (both fictional characters) are interviewed for television half a century after they were freed from a Japanese prisoner of war camp in the jungles of Sumatra.  Thousands of women and children had died there and were forgotten by their own Governments for the duration of the war. Bridie C ..read more

  Seagull, by Anton Chekhov, translated by Karen Vickery.  Chaika Theatre at ACT Hub, 14 Apinifex St, Kingston, Canberra April 10-21 2024. Reviewed by Frank McKone Opening Night April 11 Directed by Caitlin Baker and Tony Night Characters: Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina – an actress, married surname Trepleva Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev – Irina's son, a young man Pyotr Nikolayevich Sorin – Irina's brother, owner of the country estate Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya – a young woman, the daughter of a rich landowner Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev – a retired lieutenant and the manager of Sor ..read more