Musicals, Reviews, Stage Muriel’s Wedding the Musical review (Roslyn Packer Theatre) Ben Neutze Australia’s cultural cringe may well be at its greatest when it comes to our musical theatre. We certainly don’t have a strong history of …
Reviews, Stage, Theatre Silent Night review (Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Eternity Playhouse) Ben Neutze Australian playwright Mary Rachel Brown’s riotous new Christmas comedy follows the Lickfold family as they prepare their house to compete …
Reviews, Stage, Theatre Three Sisters review (Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House) Ben Neutze Few productions are blessed with both wonderful material and a team as extraordinarily talented as the one working on Sydney …
Reviews, Stage, Theatre Merciless Gods review (Griffin Theatre, Sydney) Ben Neutze In all cultures there are dominant narratives that form an unquestionable image of a society’s history and identity. These are the …
News & Commentary, Stage, Theatre Christos Tsiolkas’ Merciless Gods sets foot on stage Ben Neutze The works of Greek-Australian author Christos Tsiolkas have been the subject of some fairly significant adaptations: his debut novel Loaded was turned …
Reviews, Stage, Theatre Atlantis review (Belvoir, Sydney) Ben Neutze “Write what you know” is probably the most widely known piece of advice given to writers. It’s generally pretty useful: start …
News & Commentary, Screen, TV ABC launches comedy channel and nightly show with Tom Ballard Ben Neutze The ABC has been home to Australia’s most loved TV comedies for several decades now, stretching all the way back to …
Reviews, Stage, Theatre A View from the Bridge review (Old Fitz Theatre, Sydney) Ben Neutze Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge isn’t quite as well known as his three most famous and studied masterpieces — Death of a …
Film, News & Commentary, Screen, TV EXCLUSIVE: Eleven years of David and Margaret disappear from ABC website Ben Neutze The ABC has removed eleven years of reviews by David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz from the internet, leaving audiences unable to …
Music, News & Commentary, Recorded Kylie’s Impossible Princess turns 20: how Australia’s Princess of Pop came of age Ben Neutze Pop idols have been reinventing their images, personas and sounds for as long as there have been pop idols. Some reinventions …