Theatre

Aenigma Theatre tackles the challenging and gut-wrenching Blackbird by David Harrower with some success.

The award-winning play is based in part on the true story of a US Marine who had a sexual relationship with a minor. Una (played by Stephanie Izsak) a 27 year old woman comes face to face with Ray (played by Francis Boyle) 15 years after their relationship had come to an end. While they were together, he had been 41 and she had been 12. The play is about their story, their perspectives, their feelings, their questions, their fears and the open wound of never...

The show opens with two people in handcuffs and mouth restraining masks walking on stage. From their interaction with the audience, it becomes apparent that the audience is a research panel studying the two prisoners. The pair turn out to be a couple: two psychopathic killers Dorian (played by Daniel Meron) and Eleanor (played by Mily Mumford). 

The two discuss, through a series of anecdotes and personal interactions, the dynamic that exists between the couple and how they came to this point, having committed multiple murders together. Eventually their conversations bring them to some difficult points within their relationship. Dorian admits...

"Spilling Family Secrets" was written, performed and produced by Susan Freedman in true Fringe style. It moved me to tears with its sincerity and love.

Susan Freedman is spilling her family secrets but in doing so she is giving us a glimpse into her parents life and their love affair through the letters they wrote to each other while apart during the depression of the 1920/30...

"Sperm Wars" is written and Performed by Jeff Leard. Sperm Warsis funny, smart, well paced and Jeff Leard is brilliant. Leard's sound effects ability alone should garner him an award.

The premises is silly, but you dont need to be a "Star Wars" fan to be...

Many fringe plays incorporate humour. Humour, when successful, makes people laugh and entertains. It takes courage to write and produce a play that makes people think and that is what Shake the Sheets does. It makes you question reality, creativity and imagination. Shake the Sheets is courageous and should be applauded for pushing the boundaries of storytelling.

Written by Mack Gordon, the play features Gordon and Kaitlin Williams as husband and wife who are struggling artists and trying to connect their individual needs and desires....

The Middle of Everywhere is exquisitely choreographed and impeccably timed. This is theatre at its finest. And it’s even a family friendly show! Don’t miss out on The Middle of Everywhere, the epitome of the Fringe’s motto to “celebrate different!”

Before seeing the play, I had no previous knowledge of the production team’s characteristic style and iconic large fixed expression masks, or even much experience with physical theatre. I was overwhelmed at how believably the Wonderheads team brought two enormous, expressionless heads...

The Positive of Power Thinking is a 70-minute play written by Wallace Fessler and Joshua Fisher that runs at Performance Works. It stars Lance Banks who is an egotistic, smarmy motivational speaker, here to get your life on track with the help of his assistant Dave. Together, they demonstrate the power of the LanceLifeTotal Life System program and how it can make you more money, more powerful, more material possessions and more dependent on their multi-step program to success.

The format and idea behind...

It was the dawn of time…” So begins Adam Patemans thoroughly delightful Alone in the Universe.  With a series of increasingly neurotic mute living tableux, Pateman takes us through the history of humankind, from the primordial ooze, to newborn babies, to ...

    Written by Alex Karolyi, Plays in Cafes are two plays about Frank (Craig Burnatowski) and Shelly (Alex Karolyi) and their relationship which centres around a cafe. The first play tracks Shellys desire to reignite their relationship with fun activities (like playing cards!) while Frank obsesses over sex and returning to their big, expensive house. During the second play, Frank proposes and Shelly plans their...

Peachy Keen Productions

Written by Sydney Hayduk and Elsa Resor-Taylor

Performed by Sydney Hayduk

I found myself drawn into the hive. Like Charlie, our doleful protagonist trapped in a soul-less social media job, I have wanted to opt out at times. But Charlie disappears into a village that is hive-like, borderline cultish, and just plain weird. Actor and co-writer of Village Ax, Sydney Hayduk plays three parts: disillusioned...

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