The 1812 Theatre
Mother and Son
The stage adaptation of this much loved iconic Australian sitcom takes the story into a modern day setting with the use of mobile phones, skype calls to the grandchildren and other contemporary references.
Written by Geoffrey Atherden, the writer of the original TV series, with all the same well- constructed characters, the storyline follows Arthur as he trues to plan for a special (and much deserved) vacation away with his new girlfriend. But Maggie and Arthur’s scheming brother throws all sorts of obstacles in his path.
Season opens Thursday February 22 and runs to March 15.
Bookings: 9758 3964
Eltham Little Theatre – A Review
Yes Prime Minister
The United Kingdom is in crisis: debts are spiralling; unemployment is on the rise and the fragile coalition cabinet led by Prime Minister Jim Hacker is at breaking point.
But salvation may exist in the form of a complex pipeline deal with the oil-rich country of Kumranistan that would entitle the government to a multi-trillion -pound loan.
A well set stage of the interior of Chequers, the Prime Minister’s country estate.
A busy stage with a lounge one side and the office on the other.
Sir Humphrey Appleby was played by Adrew McAliece, good projection and really caught the feeling of such a character.
The Prime Minister’s Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley was given positive performance by Matthew Todd.
The Prime Minister, Jim Hacker, was played by Julian Campobasso, giving, and capturing the essence of such a role.
The Prime Minister’s head of policy, Claire Sutton, was played by Joanna Karaknikolopoulos who gave a good portrayal of such a character.
The Kumranistan Ambassador was played by Adam Lofthouse.
Who also gave a good interpretation of the role.
There were several more characters, but space does not allow time on same.
Needless to say they added to the delight of the evening.
Overall the show was fair but whether or not it is the acoustics or the players but the actor were rather quiet and at the rear were hard to hear.
Whether or not this can be rectified is unknown at the present.
The Rocky Horror Show
Tells the story of Brad and his fiancée Kanet, two squeaky clean college kids who while driving to a friend’s place have a flat tyre in a storm and walk two miles to a castle where they hope to find a telephone.
Where they meet Dr Frank-N-Furter an extra-terrestrial mad scientist from the galaxy of Transylvania where people like to party.
Well, Brad and Janet will never have such an evening.
Athenaeum Theatre Melbourne is the venue for the Melbourne performance and what an evening of fun, mayhem and delight.
Jason Donovan was Dr Frank-N-Furter and what a performance.
Jason gave his all and really caught the character as envisaged A wonderful portrayal and a great welcome back to Melbourne for Jason.
Joel Creasy was the Narrator, a terrific portrayal of the character.
Joel really caught the character and with his replies to some hecklers in the audience was a sheer delight.
Joel projects well and gave a stunning performance.
Blake Bowden was Brad, the innocent young college student.
Blake caught the character with finesse giving a good interpretation of the role, he also worked well with his fiancée Janet.
Janet was played by Deirdre Khoo who captured the essence of the sweet young newly engaged young student.
Well, she was until entering Dr Frank-N-Furter’s castle.
Stellar Perry played the roles of the usherette and Magenta.
As the usherette Stellar opened the program. Appearing on stage as the curtains opened.
As Magenta she gave a stirling performance.
The butler, Riff Raff was played by Henry Rollo.
This performance was one of the highlights of the evening. He really caught the essence of the character giving a great performance.
The cast and the stars gave a great evening of theatre and were highly enjoyed by the audience.
A great production with smooth moving sets, good music and of course, The Time Warp, which was very popular, do much so that in the final bows the audience demanded it again.
The result was a standing ovation for a wonderful evening of theatre.
