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Judi Herman
November 5, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Semites ★★★★

Judi Herman
November 5, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Semites ★★★★

“You don’t make peace with your friends; you make peace with your enemies.” Audience members are already actively engaged by the time they hear this powerful opening declaration. Smiling performers Ben Nathan and Lara Sawalha have invited them to take off their shoes as…

Tagged: theatre reviews, Israel/Palestine

Judi Herman
November 1, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Honour ★★★★

Judi Herman
November 1, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Honour ★★★★

Henry Goodman was last seen playing artist Lucian Freud in Alan Frank’s one-man play Looking at Lucian. In Honour – Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith’s telling dissection of relationships – Goodman plays George, a respected pillar of the literary…

Tagged: theatre reviews

Rebecca Taylor
October 31, 2018
News

A letter from JR's editor

Rebecca Taylor
October 31, 2018
News
A letter from JR's editor

We are shocked and devastated by the tragic events that took place last Friday at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and we send our deepest condolences to the Pittsburgh community. Our thoughts are with you. Mass support for the community has poured…

Tagged: Pittsburgh Synagogue, open letter, news

Judi Herman
October 31, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Company ★★★★★

Judi Herman
October 31, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Company ★★★★★

The 1970 London production of Company was my first experience of a Sondheim musical and for me a revelation and a game-changer. I was enchanted by the marriage of music and words, the sophistication of both and the wit and precision of the man’s lyrics (he once said…

Tagged: theatre review, reviews, Stephen Sondheim, musical theatre, musicals

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Judi Herman
October 23, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Bromance: The Dudesical ★★★★

Judi Herman
October 23, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Bromance: The Dudesical ★★★★

There’s a cartoon quality to Michael Ian Walker and Kyle Ewalt’s lovable ‘dudesical’. And thanks to their catchy numbers and clever rhymes and Sarah Redmond’s spot-on production, it’s a quality cartoon. Think The Three Musketeers meets Seth Macfarlane’s…

Tagged: theatre reviews, Musicals, musical theatre, comedy

Judi Herman
October 3, 2018
Theatre, Interviews

Interview: Hannah Moscovitch and Christian Barry

Judi Herman
October 3, 2018
Theatre, Interviews
Interview: Hannah Moscovitch and Christian Barry

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is a touring musical from Canada’s 2b Theatre Company about Canadian refugees at the turn of the 20th century. Judi Herman speaks to husband and wife team Hannah Moscovitch and…

Tagged: interviews, theatre reviews

Judi Herman
October 2, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Pinter One and Pinter Two ★★★★

Judi Herman
October 2, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Pinter One and Pinter Two ★★★★

Pinteresque: enigmatic, sinister, comic, dangerous… The adjective coined to describe the great iconoclastic playwright’s style is more than the sum of these. Marking the 10th anniversary of Harold Pinter’s death, this ambitious completist season of his 20+ short works…

Tagged: Harold Pinter, theatre reviews

Judi Herman
October 2, 2018
Obituaries, Interviews

Denis Norden 1922-2018

Judi Herman
October 2, 2018
Obituaries, Interviews
Denis Norden 1922-2018

His voice was somehow dry and warm at the same time. You could hear the wit, the twinkling smile, the delight in finding the funny in everything. Denis Norden was beloved by millions as one half of his partnership with Frank Muir that brought radio listeners (or wireless back then) all…

Tagged: obituary, Denis Norden

Judi Herman
September 14, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Square Rounds ★★★★

Judi Herman
September 14, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Square Rounds ★★★★

In 1992, poet and playwright Tony Harrison – celebrated for the excitement and energy of his verse dramas – came up with this novel way of sharing the stories of scientists behind inventions that changed the face of warfare. Exercised by events during the Gulf War…

Tagged: theatre reviews

Judi Herman
September 12, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Holy Sh!t ★★★★

Judi Herman
September 12, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Holy Sh!t ★★★★

Kilburn’s Tricycle Theatre, now Kiln Theatre, has been lovingly refurbished to incorporate beautiful original tiles, stone and woodwork uncovered during the works, sensitively harmonising with new artwork and décor. A more spacious auditorium with…

Tagged: theatre reviews

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