the importance of being earnest @ roslyn packer theatre
The Sydney Theatre Company has produced a sparkling production of Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. The tale […]
Helen Thomson
death of a salesman : in the heat of willy’s night
As I reflect on this production, there is one scene that will stay forever etched in my mind. This was the scene where Willy’s brain has its final implosion, he covers his head in his hands, and races off the stage to do himself in, something that he has threatened to do from the play’s commencement.
no pay? no way! @ the drama theatre, sydney opera house
Italian playwright Dario Fo, 1997 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is essentially a writer of farce. His wit
mary stuart : a powerful elizabethan drama
All the good scriptwriting theory says that conflict is always at the heart of every good drama. Let it be
sydney theatre company announces patrick white playwrighting awards
Kate Mulvany is the new Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellow and Debra Thomas has won the 2014 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award
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after dinner @ the wharf
This new production of Andrew Bovell’s brilliant debut comedy AFTER DINNER makes a perfect fit for the wonderful Sydney summer
the winter’s tale
This can be called one of Shakespeare’s ‘problem plays’ as it is full of both intense psychological drama yet also
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mrs warren’s profession
Prostitution as a means of empowering women is a contentious notion even now, let alone in 1893 when MRS WARREN’S
in the next room or the vibrator play @ sydney opera house
Producer: Sydney Theatre Company
Director: Pamela Rabe
Writer: Sarah Ruhl
Stars: Jackie McKenzie, Helen Thomson, David Roberts
Rating:5/5
Caption: Jackie McKenzie listens at the closed door
Photo Credit:Grant Sparkes-Carroll
Season: 7th February- 2nd April, 2011 at the Drama Theatre
Prominent contemporary American playwright Sarah Ruhl chose a great subject, a quirky, little known medical sidelight from history, for her new play ‘In the Next Room or the vibrator play’ and out of it has created a tremendous, often hilarious play from it.
In the late 19th century, some modern thinking physicians were trialling women who were suffering from hysteria by using a new electronic invention, the vibrator! Ruhl has one such a Doctor as the protagonist in her play. Dr Givings (David Roberts) has created a separate room in his family home for his surgery. The play opens with the Doctor taking on a new patient, Sabrina Daldry (Helen Thomson).