Category: David Ritchie

    Harlos Productions and The Sydney Fringe present THE FOUR SEASONS by Arnold Wesker at the Newtown Theatre, Newtown. THE FOUR SEASONS by Arnold Wesker is “a classical portrayal of the seasons of love that hovers somewhere between poetry and ballet.” Written in the Sixties it is a departure from the socialist realist writing that had occupied Mr Wesker in this period. THE KITCHEN and THEIR VERY OWN AND GOLDEN CITY sit either side of this play. First performed in 1965 with the then young, Alan Bates and Diane Cilento, Mr Wesker felt that he needed to justify this…

  HARLOS PRODUCTIONS present HAMLET at the Bondi Pavilion. HAMLET directed by David Ritchie for Harlos Productions has a small company of 8 actors playing, in a well edited text, a number of responsibilities. There are two scheduled actors to play Hamlet; Angela Bauer and Damien Ryan. This is a very lucid and slow unwinding of the text. It’s energy is gently expositional and ideal for students studying the play. I attended a performance of Damien Ryan as Hamlet. The performance is intelligent and clear. Re-assuring. There is great personable charm but it is a little too “held”, controlled, and…

  An Antipodea, Stories Like These and Griffin Independent present an Australian Premiere of TATTOO by Dea Loher at the Stables SBW Theatre. So the booklet goes: “For 30 years Griffin Theatre Company has been at the forefront of New Australian Writing. In 2009 we’re putting Griffin’s Mainstage Season of New Australian work in a global context with the launch of Griffin Independent, a season of new, cutting edge international companies. Berlin – Costa Mesa – Dublin – New York – London. You would have travelled 53,725 kilometers to catch the original productions….. (Blah, blah, blah)… Griffin Independent brings some…