Independent Theatre

Review: The Sweet Science of Bruising – Theatre Travels Productions (NSW)

June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 - by Theatre Thoughts Team - Leave a Comment

Theatre Travels Productions and One Good Act transport us back to 1869 Victorian London, to a theatre where only the strongest survive. Four very different women from four very different walks of life are brought into the dark underground world of female boxing; the result being unexpected freedom beyond the constraints of their corsets and the patriarchal world. Playwright Joy Wilkinson’s The Sweet Science of Bruising weaves a comical and tragic and tale that resonates beyond its setting. Read the full review now!

Reviews / Reviews: Plays

Review: The Last Hour – The Butterfly Club (VIC)

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 - by Theatre Thoughts Team - Leave a Comment

The Last Hour follows two Gods at the end of the Universe; they have been everything, experienced everything, and known everything. Read our full review now!

Reviews: Plays

Review: Breathing Corpses – Eye Contact Theatre Co at Kings Cross Theatre (NSW)

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 - by Theatre Thoughts Team - Leave a Comment

In London, three people are connected by a most disturbing discovery. What emotions and reactions come up afterward? Read our full review now!

Reviews / Reviews: Comedy

Review: Hey Hey It’s Doomsday – Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022 (VIC)

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 - by Theatre Thoughts Team - Leave a Comment

Ross Purdy brings his absurdist anti-comedy to the MICF 2022, read our full review now!

Musicals / News

JEKYLL AND HYDE THE MUSICAL TO BE UNLEASHED AT HAYES THEATRE CO

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 - by Theatre Thoughts Team - Leave a Comment

Hayes Theatre Co is thrilled to announce the musical phenomenon, Jekyll & Hyde, will be presented by Hayes later this year. Directed by globally renowned performer Hayden Tee, and brought to life by a cast of 14 actors and actor/musicians, this epic struggle between good and evil will have its Australian professional premiere production at Hayes Theatre Co from 29 July. Read the full story now.

Comedy / News / Reviews / Reviews: Comedy

Review: Catching Jack – Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022 (VIC)

April 3, 2022April 12, 2022 - by Theatre Thoughts Team - Leave a Comment

Very rarely do nonsense things realise, let alone capitalise, on their own nonsense quite as well as the comedy trio BigBigBig – read the full review now!

News / Plays

Belinda Giblin stars in new dark comedy Ghosting The Party

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 - by Theatre Thoughts Team - Leave a Comment

Griffin Theatre Company presents the winner of The Lysicrates Prize, Ghosting the Party, from Friday 6
th May to Saturday 4th June at the SBW Stables Theatre. Read the full story now.

Comedy / Reviews / Reviews: Comedy

Review: Spin – Spiegeltent Wollongong (NSW)

March 28, 2022April 12, 2022 - by Charlotte Smee - Leave a Comment

Charles Firth of The Chaser and James Schleoffel of The Shovel bring their trademark political satire to the Wollongong Spiegeltent, featuring the musical stylings of rising star Gabbi Bolt. Read the full review now!

Reviews / Reviews: Plays

Review: Little Jokes in Times of War – Kings Cross Theatre (NSW)

March 26, 2022April 12, 2022 - by Charlotte Smee - Leave a Comment

Little Jokes in Times of War is a unique hour-and-a-bit of monologue that explores the impossibility of telling stories of inherited crisis. Charlotte Salusinszky writes and performs the story of her grandmother’s escape from Hungary in 1956, and the impacts this had on her grandmother, her father, her family, and herself, now, in 2022. Read the full review now!

Dance / News / Reviews / Reviews: Dance

Review: After Midnight, The Cabaret – Paddo RSL (NSW)

March 12, 2022April 21, 2022 - by Theatre Thoughts Team - Leave a Comment

Paddo RSL explodes for a night of seductive, mind-bending dance and movement. Produced by and directed by Sydney Humphries and choreography by Humphries and Ryan Smith, After Midnight presents an energy filled night of cabaret. Read our full review now.