2005
Murray Bramwell

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia ?
by Edward Albee

State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre.
9 August, 2005 Tickets $ 16.70 – $ 49.
Bookings BASS 131 246.
Until 20 August.

Edward Albee writes that “every civilisation sets quite arbitrary limits to its tolerances”. And in the Tony award-winning play, The Goat, he tests those limits and tolerances in both his characters and his audience.

Martin is turning fifty. An architect …

2005

Frozen
by Bryony Lavery
State Theatre Company of South Australia
Space, Festival Centre
6 July. Until 23 July, 2005

Murray Bramwell

Whenever we wonder about the nature of human nature we invariably turn to criminal behaviour, especially that of predatory serial killers, for speculation and explanation. Are such crimes, especially against children, proof of the existence of evil, or are they manifestations of derangement and illness ? And how do our judicial processes – and our personal moral reckonings …

7 July, 2005
Murray Bramwell

Frozen
by Bryony Lavery

State Theatre Company of South Australia.
The Space, Adelaide Festival Centre.
6 July. Tickets $ 16.70 – $ 49.
Bookings BASS 131 246.
Until 23 July, 2005

Are terrible crimes, such as those of serial killers, a proof of evil or an extreme aberration ? And how, judicially and personally, do we deal with such events ? How do we reconcile outrage with a need to understand and, even, to forgive …

2005

The Government Inspector
by Nikolai Gogol

State Theatre Company
of South Australia
Dunstan Playhouse
1 March, 2005.

Murray Bramwell

For State Theatre’s contribution to Come Out and as a spritzy opening to the 2005 season, newly arrived Artistic Director Adam Cook has assembled a talented cast to stage an energetic revival of a European classic. The Government Inspector, Gogol’s tangled tale of mistaken identity and civic corruption offers plenty of chances for funny business and Cook makes the most …