Category: Noni Hazlehurst

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE was the debut play, from the Irish/English writer Martin McDonagh. There followed a plethora of stunning successful companions to his stage repertoire which audiences looked keenly to see. In Sydney we were impressed with mainstage productions of THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE (1996), THE CRIPPLE OF INNISHMAAN (1997), THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (2001). Elsewhere in the Fringe theatres, A SKULL IN CONNEMARA (1997), THE LONESOME WEST (1997), THE PILLOWMAN (2003), and regular revivals of the Mainstage exhibits arrived. And of course his film repertoire: IN BRUGES (2008), SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2012) and THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING,…

Photo by By Brett Boardman Belvoir presents an IF Theatre Production, MOTHER, by Daniel Keene, in the Upstairs Theatre, Belvoir St, Surry Hills. 25 January – 11 February. The Director of this project, Matt Scholten, had found an artistic compatibility with actor, Noni Hazlehurst, while working on THE HERETIC, for the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), and they, as their friendship developed, decided to work together again. The challenge that the actor wanted was that of a one person show. Together they approached the Melbourne writer, Daniel Keene, and collaboratively they produced MOTHER. This production has been seen around Australia since 2016,…