Tag: Henry Florence
[THEATRE: Review] A History Of Everything
A History Of Everything Until February 5/ Wharf 2 @ STC ****1/2 In A History Of Everything, Ontroerend Goed, a group of young Belgian theatre-makers who have been Sydney Festival darlings for several years now, have enlisted the help of Sydney Theatre Company’s Residents to tell the history of the world in reverse order, from [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 446 (January 23), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: A History Of Everything, Henry Florence, The Brag
[THEATRE: Review] Posts In The Paddock
Posts In The Paddock November 10-19/ Performance Space ***1/2 My Darling Patricia’s Posts in the Paddock is nothing if not ambitious, seeking to evoke the tale of Jimmy Governor, an Aboriginal bushranger who is best known as the subject of the book and subsequent film The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. Earlier incarnations of his story [...]
Posted: November 28th, 2011 under Arts, Brag 439 (November 21), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: Henry Florence, Posts In The Paddock, The Brag
[THEATRE: Review] Sprout
Sprout Until November 19/ Old Fitzroy Theatre ***1/2 Sprout is the kind of play that could only be written by a writer. That might sound like a ridiculous statement, but hear me out. It’s set in a sort of post-apocalyptic world (I say sort of because it’s not clear whether there’s been an apocalypse or [...]
Posted: November 21st, 2011 under Arts, Brag 438 (November 14), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: Henry Florence, Sprout, The Brag
[THEATRE: Review] No Man’s Land
No Man’s Land Until December 11/ Drama Theatre, SOH ****1/2 Until now I’ve never really understood Peter Carroll’s appeal. I’ve mostly seen him in Sydney Theatre Company productions, during his tenure with their Actors Company, and maybe it was the roles he was cast in – largely bumbling old men (given I didn’t see some [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2011 under Arts, Brag 437 (November 7), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: Henry Florence, No Man's Land, The Brag
[THEATRE: Review] Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus Until November 5/ ATYP ***1/2 In the third year of my theatre/performance degree, I escaped to Europe during the winter holidays, capped off by a week in London during which I spent just about every night, and some days, at the theatre. One of those I spent at the Globe. I stood in [...]
Posted: November 7th, 2011 under Arts, Brag 436 (October 31), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: Henry Florence, The Brag, Titus Andronicus