Author: Robert H. Wainwright
Review: Congratulations, Get Rich! 2025 Brisbane Festival
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The pre-show soundtrack to the world premiere of La Boite Theatre’s Congratulations, Get Rich! includes an old-school karaoke favourite (Bon Jovi’s immortal Livin’ On A Prayer). In turn, the post-show soundtrack kicks off with a decidedly newer-school one (K-Pop Demon Hunters’ demonically catchy Golden). These highly popular tracks are well…
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shimmers With Magic And Delight
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, and deservedly so. Simply put, the play demonstrates pure theatrical genius in how it weaves together four major storylines. Namely, Duke Theseus and Queen Hippolyta making preparations for their wedding. Four young Athenians whose relationships become complicated by mischievously…
Review: Railed! Wynnum Fringe Is A Saucy Circus Hit
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Railed! is quite unlike any show I’ve ever seen. And I mean that in the best possible way. It’s not just a highly energetic and thoroughly invigorating exhibition of seriously impressive acrobatic feats and circus tricks. It’s also riotously and raunchily funny. Railed! is being performed in the Augathella Spiegeltent…
Review: Dear Son Glows With Echoes Of Love And Legacy
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Having recently interviewed Isaac Drandic, the director and co-adaptor of Dear Son, I was confident that this page-to-stage production’s world premiere was going to be a powerful theatrical experience. What I didn’t realise, until I attended its opening night at Queensland Theatre’s Billie Brown Theatre this week, was just how…
Isaac Drandic on Dear Son: Crafting a Theatrical Love Letter to First Nations Men
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The world premiere of Dear Son opens at Queensland Theatre in Brisbane this Saturday night. An adaptation of Thomas Mayo’s book, Dear Son features powerful letters of love, hope and healing from First Nations fathers and sons. The Scoop had the chance to sit down with Isaac Drandic, who co-adapted the…
