29 September, 2003
Murray Bramwell
The Snow Queen
Windmill Performing Arts and Sydney Theatre Company
Adelaide Festival Centre, Dunstan Playhouse
Until 4 October. Bookings at Bass 131 246
Tickets $ 15 – $ 23. $ 68 Family.
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson is a children’s story but it is a mighty complicated one to stage. For one thing, it is not a single story but a series of episodes – involving quests and danger, magical situations and animal …
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Proof
by David Auburn
State Theatre Company
The Space, August, 2003.
Reviewed by Murray Bramwell
Things have moved very fast for David Auburn since his play Proof first opened in May 2000. Not only did it transfer successfully to Broadway but Auburn also picked up a number of prestigious awards including the Pulitzer Prize. Since then Proof has been widely performed – including in Australia, with separately mounted productions in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, as well as the State …
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Murray Bramwell
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
by Edward Albee
State Theatre Company
Adelaide Festival Centre, The Space
Until 13 September, 2003. Bookings at BASS 131 246
Tickets $16.50 – $ 42.
Poor Virginia Woolf. She is almost as famous for belonging in the quirky title of Edward Albee’s play as she is for To The Lighthouse and Mrs Dalloway . A whole generation has wondered how she could be so scary, when, in fact, she has …
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Thebarton Theatre
Reviewed by Murray Bramwell
Video may have killed some radio stars but it was the absolute making of Blondie. From their first appearance in 1977 at the height of the Punk and New Wave incursions, this New York pop band not only made their mark but set their own agenda for success. Hopping genres from arthouse pop to disco, reggae and even rap, Blondie not only ruled the airwaves but the cathode rays as well
With Countdown …
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