Theatre Scene

A trailer park was never so much fun. And with a Texas twist, who could resist? The one-liners in the play Doublewide, Texas are worth savouring. “Those out of touch politicians in Austin wouldn’t know […]

Most people will be familiar with Sister Act as a landmark Whoopi Goldberg film of 1992. Its adaptation as a stage musical premiered in Pasadena in 2006, with continuing success in the West End of […]

Imagine being assaulted on all sides by horrific parents in the evening and a sadistic school headmistress during the day. Then imagine acting out all of the abuse on stage, and calling it a children’s […]

English farce is a highly respected art form, but the play Don’t Dress for Dinner presents it with a twist of lemon: it was originally written for the French theatre. This English language adaptation of […]

Even when the first volumes of Grimms’ Fairy Tales were published in the early 19th century they were not regarded as suitable for children, even though they were entitled “children’s tales.” As Ballet Austin artistic […]

The play is all about fraud, and fantastic as it may seem, it’s based on the real-life tale of a young guy named Frank. Being performed now at the Georgetown Palace Theatre, Catch Me If […]

The ‘Me Too’ movement actually started 2400 years ago. Aristophanes tells of a time when the women of Greece rebelled at being regarded only as sexual objects. The resulting play, Lysistrata, is just as relevant […]

Based on a television movie of 1979, this theatrical play is by the writers of the hit TV series Columbo. It has the same sly humour as detective Columbo, which never fails to amuse and […]