Black Swan State Theatre Company| Heath Ledger Theatre | Until 30 June | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ In 1955 Oriel Gray’s play The Torrents was the joint winner of the prestigious Playwright’s Advisory Board Prize. The other play that was recognised, Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. Over sixty years ago Perth’s Daily Mail newspaper proclaimed “Oriel Gray’s […]
‘I Do, I Don’t” is an exploration of family, identity and personal history written and performed by Perth-born Whitney Richards. Seeking to recreate memories Richards’ suspects she had suppressed the play was pieced together using interviews with her family, recalling fond memories of the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge and inspiration from her namesake Whitney Houston. “I […]
Noel Coward’s 1940s play is at its heart a comedy about ghosts. Originally written and performed during the height of the Second World War, the text omits any mention of the embattled world instead focusing on the internal human struggles of love, jealousy, betrayal and understanding. Black Swan State Theatre Company’s 2015 staging under director […]
