Tag: Theatre Royal Sydney
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Hadestown
CATERPILLAR ARCH – ⭐⭐⭐ The Drama It’s love at first sight in Hadestown. Orpheus (Noah Mullins) is a poet and a songwriter. Eurydice (Abigail Adriano) is his muse. Famine abounds and the young lovers live in poverty. But there’s warmth to be found in the Hadestown jazz and blues bar where Hermes (Christine Anu) plays master of ceremonies…
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The Odd Couple
HIGH EYEBROW ARCH – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ By Neil Simon The Dramatic Premise Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison are the best of friends. But they are nothing alike. Felix is slim and well dressed. He feeds off his nervous energy. He’s the neatest of neat-freaks. Oscar Madison is overweight and uncouth. He feeds off the junk food…
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The Woman in Black
HIGH EYEBROW ARCH – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Based on the novel by Susan Hill Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt The Dramatic Premise Arthur Kipps (John Waters) is a dignified, stoic gentleman, haunted by an event from his youth. He stands in an empty Victorian theatre and begins to read from his manuscript. His voice is robotic and lacking…
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Death of a Salesman
By Arthur Miller HIGH EYEBROW ARCH – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Dramatic Premise Willy Loman stands centre stage. Behind him are the wooden bleachers of Ebbets Field where other characters sit in the shadows, like the dimly lit ghosts of all of Willy’s intangible pipedreams. Somebody asks whether Willy is liked. He spins around, with uncharacteristic agility, points at…
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The Lehman Trilogy
SUPREME EYEBROW ARCH – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Dramatic Premise It’s 1844 and a young Jewish man from Rimpar, Bavaria, has just arrived in New York. He marvels at the American musical box playing out, before him, in real time. One window closes and another opens. One man sits down and another stands up. The majesty of…
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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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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,…
