Andrea Gibbs loves footy. She’s well on her way to becoming a ‘footy nanna’, she says, so much so that she has written a play about it. It’s called Barracking for the Umpire, a phrase coined by her mum, who … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Andrea Gibbs for Barracking for the Umpire
4.8.22Review by Cicely Binford Well, I do declare! Director Clare Watson has turned Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie into a quite the comedy! Williams could be rolling in his grave at this prospect, given that the play springs from the … Continue reading REVIEW: The Glass Menagerie | BSSTC
16.7.22Review by Cicely Binford WALK is a performance art piece that Bobby Russell described in an interview on RTRfm as the ‘origin story’ of a piece called ‘The Walk’ that they previously developed as part of the MoveMoveMove program at … Continue reading REVIEW: WALK | Bobby Russell and The Blue Room Theatre
Pull the Pin18.6.2022Reviewed by Cicely Binford Pull the Pin, a tenpin bowling comedy written by Rebecca Fingher and directed by Sian Murphy, explores the midlives of three women as they compete for a trophy and fend off the taunts of … Continue reading REVIEW: Pull the Pin | Just Friends Theatre Company & The Blue Room Theatre
Once2 Jun 2022Review by Cicely Binford Once, a musical based on the film by the same name, is an awe-inspiring, moving, and often jaw-dropping co-production by Black Swan State Theatre Company and Darlinghurst Theatre Company under the direction of Richard … Continue reading REVIEW: Once | BSSTC & Darlinghurst Theatre Company
SIT! (Or I’ll Make You Sit)30.5.2022Review by Cicely Binford Sub, dom, or dog – where do you sit? SIT! (Or I’ll Make You Sit), a new play by Morgan Owen, directed by Izzy McDonald, and featuring the talents of performers … Continue reading REVIEW: SIT! (Or I’ll Make You Sit) | The Blue Room Theatre
Playwright Liz Newell’s Toast was the toast of the season at The Blue Room in 2017, garnering all manner of accolades, nominations and awards. It resonated with audiences who found its exploration of grief, home, and family relatable, natural and realistic. Continue reading REVIEW: Toast | BSSTC & The Blue Room Theatre
The Blue Room ends its 2019 season with a BANG! BANG! A double shot of dance theatre created by Scott Elstermann and Shona Erskine, two short discrete works of contrasting tone and atmosphere make for a delightful, captivating finale to … Continue reading REVIEW: BANG! BANG! | Scott Elstermann, Shona Erskine and The Blue Room Theatre
歸屬 Gui Shu (Belong) PICA and Performing Lines WA 12 November 2019 One of Perth’s sister cities since 1999 is Taipei, Taiwan, and this relationship has fostered a four-year, multi-disciplinary, international artistic collaboration that culminates in a dance theatre performance currently seeing its world premiere at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) called 歸屬 Gui Shu (Belong). I had the privilege of attending the preview night of the show’s week-long season that runs from 12 – 16 November, and spent an hour or so locked in the fascinating, rich world that this eclectic group of artists has created. The performance space is … Continue reading REVIEW: 歸屬 Gui Shu (Belong) | PICA, Performing Lines WA and Steamworks
Cephalopod Squid Vicious and The Blue Room Theatre November 1, 2019 Now, maybe my theatre tastes have changed vastly over these six or so years I’ve been reviewing, but I’m increasingly finding it’s the shows that abandon formula in favour of sincere and controlled chaos that are the most exciting and interesting to watch. Sometimes I find the most theatre joy in being taken for an utterly weird ride, each twist and turn of a performance’s anti-narrative revealing something wildly surprising. This is the kind of show I found in Cephalopod. It’s a two-part one-act: the first half, an absurd/surreal … Continue reading REVIEW: Cephalopod | Squid Vicious and The Blue Room Theatre
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