The mysterious and the unnatural collide with devastating consequences in the psychological body horror Together. Tim (Dave Franco) is 35 – a largely out of work musician who doesn’t drive. Millie (Alison Brie), a teacher is the steady one in their relationship. They have been together for almost a decade and although they haven’t always…
Can you truly escape your past? That is the question at the heart of When Fall is Coming. Retired grandmother Michelle Giraud (Helen Vincent) used to live in an apartment in Paris, but now enjoys a quiet life in a picturesque French village. There, she tends to her overgrown garden and has a close friendship…
Everything old is new again. That popular expression could apply to the sequel to Disney’s Freaky Friday, which again features Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan and Mark Harmon. The conceit of the original, 22 years ago, was that Tess Coleman (Curtis) and her daughter, Anna (Lohan), are at loggerheads. And then, after a freak accident,…
Light-hearted and fun, Footloose: The Musical is centred around change in conservative America in the 1980s. Navigating it, especially when it is forced upon you, can be mighty difficult, especially when it leaves you feeling like a fish out of water. That is the situation for the central figure in the story, Ren McCormack. About…
A thriller centred around a fixer who negotiates deals between corrupt corporations and whistleblowers, Relay becomes more tightly wound as it reaches its climax. Tom (Riz Ahmed) is that middleman or fixer I speak off. An IT whiz, he is a problem solver for those who can’t see any other way out. He makes money…
A murderous plan, oh most foul. That is at the heart of Dial M for Murder, written by Frederick Knott in 1952 and popularised by Alfred Hitchcock’s suspenseful movie two years later. TV crime writer Max Halliday (Leon Walshe) visits Margot Wendice (Bridget Bourke) in her London apartment a year after the pair had a…
What a weapon invective is in Bloomshed’s fun-filled, hilarious take on Pride and Prejudice. The basic ingredients are there, but the twists are delicious and enormously satisfying in what is a social satire dressed as a period drama. For starters, Mr Bennet is a withering plant (yes, a potted monstera, in fact) that Mrs Bennet…
Oh my. What would lauded Russian playwright Anton Chekhov think if he came back to life and saw Pony Cam’s hilarious reimagining of The Cherry Orchard. Written in 1903, the original concerns an aristocratic landowner returning to her family estate and sanctioning its sale to pay the mortgage. As the orchard literally faces the chop,…
The singing and dancing in this Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) musical spectacular is off the charts. Featuring a blend of hip-hop and Latin rhythms – salsa, merengue and samba – it is an energetic and colourful cultural celebration, marked by superb performances. It is clear why In the Heights, which opened on Broadway in 2008, claimed…
If you ever want evidence that sex sells, go and see Miss Julie. It is all about manipulation, class, power and control, which is just as delicious as it sounds. That is the currency in a modern retelling of Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s 1888 play. Set in the pressure cooker environment of the kitchen of…
