37 stories by "Jeannette Delamoir"
German actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) was an emotionally unstable, self-proclaimed sex addict. His autobiography recounted, in gleeful detail, his appallingly destructive obsessions. Two law…
Slut is a short and snappy Fringe Festival contribution, directed by Natarsha Wrensted who has melded a great ensemble from the performers. Patricia Cornelius' 2008 script presents multiple …
This inspired program is something very special. It brings together the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, French soprano Claire Lefilliâtre, and seven members of Circa, a Brisbane-base…
Really, there's not a lot I can say about this play. Not because I can't think of anything to say, but because the audience is specifically asked not to spoil the experience for those who…
There's no doubt that audiences are challenged by double-crosses and deceit of the story told in Vivaldi's opera Bajazet. But this Pinchgut Opera presentation makes it worthwhile. All elemen…
It seems at first like an improbable idea, combining circus with the courtly music of the Baroque era. Sure, circuses have music … but it's not usually elegant Baroque music played on peri…
Like Me, a Mongrel Mouth production directed by Duncan Maurice, is strange. Grotesque. Unnerving. Disorienting. Confronting. And it's all around me.  The action plays out in…
"A community in crisis leads to doubt," the dinosaurs sing. And"they tell us"doubt leads to chaos. As the singing, dancing Triassic Parq community unravels, the dinosaurs' doubts pile up. Al…
We can be fairly sure that Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi wasn't completely happy with his opera Bajazet in the weeks before the première at Verona in 1735.  We know this because …
"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." This statement"the final words spoken by Anne Frank in this play"have particular resonance. The young girl appears on-st…
"Clifford North" is a name that suggests beige suburbia. But that ordinary name belongs to a splendidly over-the-top glam-rock love god, imaginary friend to the unhappy woman in B-Girl. The …
Jay James-Moody really loves dinosaurs. He loves them so much that he and new spouse Jessica's honeymoon included Hawaiian locations where Jurassic Park was shot. "My wife Jessica even imita…
Venus in Fur is a complex and dense work. The Darlinghurst Theatre Company superbly meets the challenges of David Ives' script, with a production that is sexy, provocative, sometimes puzzlin…
In Like Me, Mongrel Mouth's new immersive theatre production, a treatment centre has fallen into the hands of former patients. If that's not topsy-turvy enough, the production further sha…
Glorious Mud!, a tribute to the 50's British satirists Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, has proved so popular that an extra show has been scheduled. Starring television personality Andr…
Marney McQueen loves doing character cabaret. But none of McQueen's characters have ever sashayed off the stage and into real life in the manner of celebrity beautician Rosa Waxoffski. Rosa …
"Of course, in the very beginning nobody believed that we could do it," says Michael Flatley. "We're 20 years long in the tooth now, and the show is, I would say, more powerful today than it…
"I'm absolutely, irrepressibly optimistic about this season," says Melvyn Morrow. Morrow has contributed his writing skills to a wide range of media (television, radio, stage) and a wide ran…
Sex. Death. Memory. Loss. Greed. Oh, and women's Olympic boxing. The 2015 Freshworks season at the Old 505 Theatre in Surry Hills taps into the profound concerns that have driven theat…
When Nelson Gardner is pushed to describe Ned: A New Australian Musical, in which he plays Ned Kelly, he comes up with an interesting description. "I don't really want to compare it to anoth…
Thomas Burt describes his younger self as "incredibly awkward and socially anxious."Â So how did he end up in the lead role of William in Punk Rock, a play about teenage bullying and viole…
Luke Alleva certainly has stamina. On Saturday night, May 2, he finished his lead role in the high-energy Hot Shoe Shuffle at the Bryan Brown Theatre. There was apparently an after-party int…
Raghav Handa shines both as choreographer and performer in Tukre’, an extraordinary solo work. As the piece unfolds, he explores, questions and embraces multiple layers of his id…
"I want to make work that anybody can understand and connect with," says Shona McCullagh, chief executive and artistic director of the New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC). Case in point: Rotund…
"I just know things are going to work out!" says April, the newly discovered sister of the seven Tap Brothers. And of course it does"but not without hard work, practice, and sweat. Hot Shoe …
