Folks of any age are likely to know the evergreen movie with Doris Day, from which this stage version was adapted. The name Calamity Jane is synonymous with Day’s iconic performance as the woman from the wild west who was as tough as any fella and prided herself on not having any of the traditional…
Sophocles’ Antigone is more than two thousand years old, yet as a story with conflict at its heart, it is still relevant today as Queensland Theatre’s epic season finale, written by Merlynn Tong, illustrates. While there is a clear 2019 resonance to Antigone’s (Jessica Tovey) passionate activist rebellion and rejection of authority, the Greek tragedy…
I could watch Carol Burns paint a fence and enjoy the experience. She is such a great character creator she could make anything work. So it was with the monumental task of playing Winnie in this Beckett absurdist piece. She speaks a 90 minute monologue buried from the waist down in Act One and up…
