Category: Riverside Theatre

BRETT AND WENDY – A Love Story Bound By Art, is a performance piece Created by Director, Designer Kim Carpenter, the Artistic Director of The Theatre of Image, which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary year. Says, Mr Carpenter in his program notes: “I created this script like a collage, gathering material from interviews, conversations, books, observations and personal experiences and curated them into a form as ‘I can see’”. The work attempts to explore the biographical journey of artist Brett Whitely from that of the boy, to the teenager, the student, the man, the family man, the world traveller, the…

Photo by Prudence Upton SHANGHAI MIMI PTY LTD, FINUCANE and SMITH and CAEG, present SHANGHAI MIMI, at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, as part of the Sydney Festival. 10th – 20th January. SHANGHAI MIMI, is a cabaret entertainment having its World Premiere in the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta. Inspired by the legend of 1930’s Shanghai, the ‘Paris of the East’, an international port city of foreign enclaves, a city famous for its flamboyant clubs and heady nights, a live band (led by John McCall) playing vintage Chinese jazz and blues, a group of artists (eight, in number) feature as dancers (Choreography, by…

  Hit Productions and Riverside Theatre present IT’S MY PARTY (AND I’LL DIE IF I WANT TO) by Elizabeth Coleman at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta. IT’S MY PARTY (AND I’LL DIE IF I WANT TO) is the first full length play by Elizabeth Coleman, written in 1993. SECRET BRIDESMAIDS BUSINESS – 1999, is her second and more famous work. It was a box office splash and made into a TV movie in 2002. IT’S MY PARTY (AND I’LL DIE IF I WANT TO) concerns Ron Patterson (Henri Szeps) who has had a premonition and announces, in a prologue to the…

true west theatre presents A VIEW FROM MOVING WINDOWS at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta In September 2010, I saw on one afternoon, several offerings from some young Australian writers, entitled STORIES FROM THE 428, curated by Augusta Supple. Writers sat on the 428 bus route and wrote short sketches/plays, reflecting an experience of that Circular Quay to Marrickville/Canterbury ride. Actors were found, and Directors rounded up and produced at the Sidetrack theatre. A VIEW FROM MOVING WINDOWS, began for the writers as a train journey from Central Station to Parramatta. Similarly, as in the 428 enterprise, they were commissioned by…

  La Boite, Brisbane and the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta present I LOVE YOU, BRO by Adam J. Cass. I LOVE YOU, BRO by Adam J. Cass, is a monologue, performed by Leon Cain and Directed by David Berthold, at Riverside, Parramatta. This production is a revival of the original, given last year, at the La Boite Theatre, in Brisbane. Another monologue! (see MALICE TOWARDS NONE) This monologue, however, has the ultimate ability to draw one in completely. It is skilfully told by Mr Cain and concerns an intricate, some might say, labyrinthine, Internet virtual world, sustaining a length of some…

  Riverside presents a CDP Production: BIDDIES by Don Reid at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta. CODGERS came first and now, we have BIDDIES, both by Don Reid. In the former, six men ‘working out’ in a gymnasium and locker room, deal with life and all its challenges, especially, ageing. In the latter, six women “stitch and bitch” needle work in an infant school classroom and broom closet, deal with life and all its challenges, especially, ageing. The different locations and the primary task of each grouping of six may give you some clue as to the insight that Mr Reid…