In a joint production, Windmill Theatre and the State Theatre Company of South Australia have undertaken an ambitious task: creating not only a new musical, but one that is also suitable for children. Pinocchio, written by Julianne O’Brien and based on the original children’s tale by Carlo Collodi, is a colourful production, full of energy,…
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For his last show as the Artistic Director of State Theatre Company of SA, Adam Cook has selected a well-known and much loved author. Tennessee Williams once described The Glass Menagerie as the saddest play he’d ever written. To depict that kind of emotion on the stage as a farewell would be a stunning departure,…
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Winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sam Shepard’s Buried Child is a story about a family with a secret, a dark skeleton in the closet that the whole family remembers but no one will talk about. Set in rural America in dried-up farming country, the story revolves around the return of Vince (Tim…
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This is the play that a girl I know considered altering her flights to Europe for once she realised she’d miss it. That’s how much she was looking forward to seeing Andrew Bovell’s Speaking in Tongues, and although I’m sure Europe has its charms, she’s missing out. Directed by Geordie Brookman and featuring lighting and…
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