ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
Vintage Sondheim
'Witty and highly entertaining without being didactic,' writes JAN WOOLF
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
RITA DI SANTO applauds a touching and witty opener that touches a hot topic in Germany: the future of the immigrant population
SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
Road Show
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
ANOTHER immaculate musical drama Upstairs at the Gatehouse for the annual holiday musical. Road Show, completed in 2008 is a collaboration of Stephen Sondheim’s music and lyrics and John Weidman’s book.
A cast of eight hoof, sing and act through this tale of “anyone can get rich’’ America, if you just have the balls, if you sell, and lie and cheat. It’s called creative ambition, not filthy lucre or profiteering.
Reece Richardson and Oliver Sidney play the Wisner brothers, Wilson and Addison respectively with terrific style. Spurred on by their dying father (Robert Finlayson) telling them to get rich – show ambition, take to The Road.
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