BWW Reviews: THE DARK ROOM is a Sinister Piece that Addresses Some Big IssuesSeptember 30, 2013David Mealor directed Angela Betzien's The Dark Room, set in a room in a three star motel in an unnamed location in Australia's Northern Territory, for Flying Penguin Productions. This was made possible with the help of the State Theatre Company of South Australia, through their Umbrella programme.
BWW Reviews: UTE LEMPER Brought Chilean Love to AdelaideSeptember 25, 2013Ute Lemper first visited Australia two decades ago and, for her 20th Anniversary tour, she has brought something new, a set of songs that she has composed in collaboration with Argentinean bandoneonist, Marcelo Nisinman, setting the love poems of Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda
BWW Reviews: Oz Asia Festival 2013: T'ANG QUARTET: SECRETS AND SONGS Delight the Audience with Contemporary Music from East and WestSeptember 23, 2013The T'ang Quartet, comprising Ng Yu-Ying, first violin, Ang Chek Meng, second violin, Lionel Tan, viola, and Leslie Tan, cello, presented a very varied concert of six pieces by four contemporary composers.
BWW Reviews: BRIEF ENCOUNTER is a Winning FormulaSeptember 18, 2013This is the tale of Laura Jesson, who gets a speck of coal dust in her eye whilst standing on the railway platform, and Alec Harvey, the handsome young doctor who administers first aid
BWW Reviews: VANITY FAIR Lampoons a Society Long GoneSeptember 11, 2013William Makepeace Thackeray subtitled his mid eighteenth century story, Vanity Fair, "a novel without a hero", as every one of his characters has flaws, some more than others, which he makes clear in his tale.
BWW Reviews: SALOME is a Feast for the SensesAugust 27, 2013State Opera of South Australia started their main stage programme for the year with a powerful production of Salome, with a libretto by Richard Strauss based on Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of Oscar Wilde's play. Richard Strauss, of course, also wrote the score of the opera
BWW Reviews: BABYTEETH Engages and Moves Adelaide AudiencesAugust 26, 2013Milla is fourteen, and is not going to live to be fifteen due to that insidious disease, cancer. Danielle Catanzariti portrays the dying Milla, a tragic figure, stirring the sympathy of the audience and dampening eyes of quite a few.
BWW Reviews: I'M YOUR MAN is a KnockoutAugust 9, 2013This play follows a young boxer from Bankstown, Billy "The Kid" Dib, as he prepares himself for the world featherweight title fight and we meet several other boxers along the way. These are their own words.