Category: Arched Eyebrow Theatre Review
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Julia
JULIA caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a HIGH ARCH The Performance I can’t speak more highly of a performer who takes to the stage, largely alone, and holds an audience’s attention for ninety enthralling minutes. Following on from Eryn Jean Norville, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Heather Mitchell in RBG, Justine Clark delivers…
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Fences
FENCES caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a CATERPILLAR ARCH The Dramatic Premise Troy Maxson is a deeply troubled man. He’s done time in prison for murdering a man whilst committing a robbery. He blames his skin colour for his faltering baseball career, when his age after leaving prison may have played a role too. Now…
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Madama Butterfly
MADAMA BUTTERFLY caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a HIGH ARCH. The Dramatic Premise American naval officer, B F Pinkerton, marries Cio-Cio-San (aka Madama Butterfly) for his own selfish purposes. He knows Japanese divorce laws are lax. Cio-Cio-San, however, is in love and doesn’t see Pinkerton’s nefarious intentions. She even converts to Christianity, an act which…
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The Rocky Horror Show
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a CATERPILLAR ARCH The Dramatic Premise You probably already know the story… Brad and Janet are a nerdish, newly engaged couple. Their car breaks down on a dark and rainy night and they seek refuge in a castle where a party is already rocking and rolling.…
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The Goat or, who is Sylvia?
THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a CATERPILLAR ARCH. The Dramatic Premise Martin and Stevie appear to be a happy couple, perfectly comfortable in each other’s imperfections. But Martin is harbouring a secret which goes well beyond the kind of imperfection a spouse might tolerate. Within the first one-third of…
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The Piano Guys
THE PIANO GUYS caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a CATERPILLAR ARCH. The Show I never thought I’d see the day when two self-confessed “dorky dads” – one who plays the piano and another who plays the cello – would be welcomed to the stage like rock stars! Yet that’s what happened in the Sydney Opera…
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Hubris & Humiliation
HUBRIS & HUMILIATION caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a CATERPILLAR ARCH The Dramatic Premise Elliott is a young man yearning for love. More specifically, he’s yearning for the love of his best mate, William. But William is marrying a sugar daddy. Will Elliott find love elsewhere? Meanwhile, Elliott’s mum, Bernice, has been fleeced by an…
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Velvet Rewired
VELVET REWIRED caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a CATERPILLAR ARCH. The Show Velvet Rewired is an intoxicating mix of disco, theatre, vaudeville, cabaret and Studio 54-style debauchery. Featuring disco legend, Marcia Hines, the show was a glittering rainbow of joy from start to finish. There’s a disco inferno burning up the dance floor. It’s a boogie wonderland which is raining…
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SIX: The Musical
SIX caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a SUPREME ARCH. The Dramatic Premise We all know about the six wives of Henry VIII… Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived. Now Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr are on stage, making their case, via song and dance, for which one of them…
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Come From Away
COME FROM AWAY caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a SUPREME ARCH! The Dramatic Premise It’s another sleepy day in Gander, Newfoundland. The mayor is collecting the local gossip at Tim Hortons, even though he doesn’t drink coffee. The local cop is running his radar. Parents are taking their children to school. And then they learn,…
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Amadeus
AMADEUS caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a CATERPILLAR ARCH The Dramatic Premise It’s 1781 and Antonio Salieri is the court composer to Emperor Joseph II in Vienna. He wants, with all his heart, to be the conduit of God’s glory through music. But he is about to meet child prodigy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Across the…
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Carmen
CARMEN caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a CATERPILLAR ARCH! The Venue I prefer reviewing theatre productions over theatres, but what attracted us to this production was the venue. Let’s face it, I haven’t seen an opera for a couple of decades. But it was Carmen and it was Cookatoo Island so we were there! In case you…
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RBG: Of Many, One
RBG caused PETE’S EYEBROWS to form a SUPREME ARCH RBG is a triumph. Few things on a stage impress me more than an actor standing all alone, for ninety minutes to two hours, telling a story. In RBG, the audience is treated to one actress – the wonderful Heather Mitchell – embodying not only the…
