Review: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at State Theatre Centre
by David Bravos - Mar 7, 2025
Set in a scorching Oklahoma summer, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY takes a contemporary look at the collapse of the American dream, illustrated by the collapse of a family unit. After an extended and multi-award winning Sydney season, Black Swan Theatre Company has brought it west thanks to their long standing partnership with Belvoir Street Theatre Company. An absolute theatrical delight, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is a play that simply cannot be missed.
Pamela Rabe and Bert LaBonté Join Perth Season of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by Stephi Wild - Oct 31, 2024
Australian stage and screen legends Pamela Rabe and Bert LaBonté, who currently headline Belvoir Street Theatre’s production of August: Osage County, will also join the ensemble cast for the Perth season at Heath Ledger Theatre from 27 February to 16 March 2025.
Cast Announced For RETROGRADE at the Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2023
With Zadie Smith’s The Wife of Willesden about to transfer to the US, Kiln Theatre has announced the full cast for the world première of Ryan Calais Cameron’s new play based on a true event in the life of actor Sidney Poitier in 1950s Hollywood – Ian Bonar (Bobby), Ivanno Jeremiah (Sidney), and Daniel Lapaine (Mr Parks).
Sydney Festival 2023 Kicks Off This Week
by Stephi Wild - Jan 4, 2023
Sydney Festival's high-summer program of spectacular art and culture lands in the city from tomorrow, 5 January, with an expansive line-up of touring artists, world premiere works, new commissions, Australian exclusives, local talent and an extensive free events program.
Hot Brown Honey Are Back With THE REMIX at Arts Centre Melbourne in April
by Stephi Wild - Mar 18, 2022
Steeped in the Word of The Mother and packing a punch of Hip Hop politics, Hot Brown Honey – THE REMIX is an extraordinary production that spins tradition on its head, going above and beyond to challenge boundaries and embrace resilience. The performance can be seen at Arts Centre Melbourne from 20 – 24 April as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Guest Blog: Playwright Alana Valentine On THE SUGAR HOUSE
by Guest Author - Oct 28, 2021
My stage play The Sugar House uses the metaphor of gentrification of a former Sydney harbourside sugar refinery to explore the legacy of change for a woman who has come from poverty but now lives a completely transformed middle-class lifestyle
Casting Announced For THE SUGAR HOUSE at the Finborough Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 1, 2021
The cast has been announced for the European premiere and the UK debut of multi-award-winning Australian playwright Alana Valentine's, The Sugar House which opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 (Press Nights: Thursday, 4 November 2021 and Friday, 5 November 2021 at 7.30pm).
Finborough Theatre Announces 2021 Reopening Season
by Stephi Wild - Aug 2, 2021
The autumn season opens with the final two weeks of the production that was playing to sell-out houses when the theatre closed down last March – the first new UK production for 40 years of Paul Kember’s Not Quite Jerusalem, an award-winning comedy-drama from 1980.
Catherine & Friends Series Returns Part Of The Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Jul 23, 2021
Joining Catherine on Friday, July 30 is singer/actor Ursula Yovich, writer/actor/composer/pianist Phil Scott and comedy legend Jean Kittson. Also making her virtual return to Catherine & Friends is pivoter of the year Verushka Darling who will be standing by to take your texts as she sashays from 'hotspot' to 'hotline'.
THE TWINS to Have World Premiere at Adelaide Fringe
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 21, 2021
THE TWINS, a new Australian play starring Greg Fleet and Ian Darling, will have its world premiere season at The Studio, Holden Street Theatres for the 2021 Adelaide Fringe.