As The Spare Room closes (one of my favourite shows of the year so far), another literary adaptation— Grief is the Thing with Feathers—opens, at Upstairs Belvoir. The 2015 verse novel by British writer Max Porter depicts how a widowed father, left alone with two young sons, is haunted by a Crow. Co-Produced by Andrew…
Tag: Drama
Review: Infidelity and Enlightenment by the UNSW Theatre Society
We all know how it goes – you put a dysfunctional group of family and friends in a room until they all tell their life story, fight, hate each other, and then eventually resolve their problems. It’s a common play type, and NUTS’ latest show Infidelity and Enlightenment nails the style, with influences Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, August:…
The Big Short Review: Engaging and Energetic
McKay‘s Oscar nominated dramedy is well made and performed in a thought-provoking story about the men who predicted the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Gosling is at his charismatic, egotistical best as ambitious banker Jared Vennett. Bale is excellent as the awkward yet cocky genius, Michael Burry. Carrell is good as astute, aggressive banker, Mark Baum,…
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