Review: Sitting, Screaming at the Old Fitz Theatre

Sunday 22 September, 2024 Old Fitz Theatre New Ghosts Theatre Company Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Sitting, Screaming is a virtuoso theatre work for a solo actor that examines some dark themes in the life of a troubled teenage girl dealing with multiple distressing factors in her life as she edges towards adulthood. Writer, […]

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Review: Potted Potter at the Seymour Centre

APRIL 18, 2024 Seymour Centre, Sydney Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Potted Potter is ostensibly a show for kids, but don’t be fooled, this adult, with all the others, found himself laughing and intrigued from beginning to end – my inner child enthralled by the magic of the two man parody of the JK […]

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Review: Holding the Man at Belvoir Theatre

March 30, 2024 Belvoir St Theatre Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Holding the Man is the memoir of Timothy Conigrave, written after the death of his lover John Caleo from AIDS in 1992, and published a few months after his own death two years later. It tells the story of their 15 year love […]

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Review: Alone It Stands at the Ensemble

Alone It Stands The Ensemble Theatre, 3 February 2024. Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Putting my personal biases to one side, that was the most multi-talented cast I’ve seen on stage. Each actor was expert at changing characters and accents in a millisecond, enacting difficult choreography and complex physical theatre in a high-speed relentless […]

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Review: The Lonesome West at the Old Fitz Theatre

The Lonesome West Old Fitz Theatre, 18 January 2024. Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) This has to be the best ensemble cast I have seen in a very long time. The acting second to nothing I’ve ever experienced in live theatre. The Lonesome West in the hands of Empress Theatre’s creative team turned this […]

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