First performed in 2016, Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know to be True explores love and its damaging effects on a quintessentially suburban family in Adelaide. The Prices aren’t well off, but they aren’t struggling either; Bob and Fran have managed to bring up four children on the salaries of a retired car factory worker and a nurse. Just when the youngest is about to move out and things should be slowing down for them, the complicated lives of their offspring come crashing down. Continue reading Things I Know to be True: A Knockout of an Australian Family Drama

Sam Shepard’s 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Buried Child explores a Midwestern-American family holding onto a dark secret in the ‘70s. The arrival of their grandson Vince, whom they do not recognise, sparks the intense unravelling of that secret. In The New Group’s 2016 production, directors Scott Elliot and David Horn capture the essence of Shepard’s original work, creating a show that manages to be both hilarious and horrifying in the same minute. Continue reading Buried Child: The Modern American Classic that Shocks

Ghosts challenged nineteenth-century societal norms by exploring topics of religion, incest, euthanasia, and venereal disease; subjects that caused great controversy in its time. Ibsen’s theatrical realism, while less shell-shocking today, still certainly creates intense and engaging theatre. Continue reading Ibsen’s Ghosts Are Still Haunting

Peter Pan is sweet, nostalgic, moving, and magically impressive. The production is more true to James Matthew Barrie’s book than the film – amongst the friendships and warmth, there is a stronger sense of danger and fear in the face of adventure. Continue reading Peter Pan: Flying Back to Neverland