The thing about commitment is that it’s so darn hard to maintain when your heart really isn’t in it. And when you’re a self-absorbed estrogen…

Playwright George Farquhar’s The Beaux Stratagem has been one of the most celebrated comedies of the British stage for more than two centuries. If Antoni…

Is it not a truism that people primarily fall into three distinct categories: pleasant, not-so-pleasant, and you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me? You’ll find them all here in St John…

The musical preaching work continues in our city with the eagerly anticipated return of The Book of Mormon. Super satirists Trey Parker and Matt Stone…

Isn’t it strange how one person’s death can alter the lives of everyone else around them? In East Anglia, a coastal town of laughable eccentrics,…

Let’s be honest, a little bit of witch hunting has never hurt anyone, has it? Aside from authentic witches, that is. Arthur Miller’s timeless and…

Say what you will about the Molière canon but no one can argue that Tartuffe is one of the funniest plays of all time. It’s…

Let’s face the facts, sequels often tend to suck and prequels never seem to come close to matching the magic of a cherished story. Creators…

Don’t think for a second that Australia’s early colonization is comprised of many happy stories. Not only was the New South Wales region a late…

When an actor makes a Festival debut, he/she must choose a work that demonstrates a freeflow of emotions and impulses to signal the shape of…

Characters don’t come more boldly inspirational than Juror 8 played by the perpetually clever Stuart Hughes. It’s the kind of figure we all dream of…

Spoiler Alert: Crazy for You, now being given a mega glamourous staging at the Stratford Festival, is basically a fix-up of “Girl Crazy” (the 1930…

Man of La Mancha tells the story of playwright/poet/tax collector Miguel de Cervantes and his faithful attendant Sancho, who get thrown into a dungeon by…

You gotta love a character who can stand the test of time. Seana McKenna’s Mother Courage is an unforgettable figure, like so many women of…

Is it a director that makes a story great or is it a great story that makes a director? While the jury remains out on…