Cassie Tongue

1 week ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Cassie Tongue

If you were a cash-strapped university student, would you accept an offer of free room and board at an aged-care home? It’s a great deal, except for the one small as-advertised catch: “Some light duties required.”Finn (Slone Sudiro), who was just kicked out of a flat-share, has no other choice. He wheels his bike over to Pine Grove Aged Care to take up the offer just as Rose (Evelyn Krape) checks in as a resident.

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | John Shand |Peter McCallum |Cassie Tongue

By John Shand, Peter McCallum and Cassie Tongue April 6, 2025 — 12.56pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. MUSICAL THEATREAnnieCapitol Theatre, April 3Reviewed by CASSIE TONGUE★★★½That little redheaded orphan is back again. The comic strip-turned-musical has spawned three films, a live TV staging, and more than one sequel.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Cassie Tongue

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3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Cassie Tongue

The beauty of the Hayes theatre, Sydney’s home for boutique musical theatre, is also its greatest challenge: the space is tiny. With Broadway-sized ambitions and a seating capacity of just 110, the works that flourish here are those that are adapted to a more intimate scale – keeping the razzle dazzle, but bringing the humanity of the actors to the fore. You can count every bead of sweat and read each face; you have to go deep as well as broad to really make a Hayes show sing.

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Cassie Tongue

It could have been nothing. Louis, Dauphin of France, sidesteps the codes and tradition of royal gifts and sends young King Henry an insult instead: tennis balls. It’s understandable that he’s scornful of the one-time Prince Hal, who kept questionable company, shirked responsibility and enjoyed a drink. Rather than acknowledge that his brand needs some work, however, King Henry treats those tennis balls as a royal threat. He declares instant war.