David Washington

Jun 24, 2024 | inreview.com.au | David Washington |Penelope Debelle |Laurie Marsden |Lisa Woolford

A Danish veteran back from war with Germany in the mid-18th century is on a mission to tame the brutal Jutland heath by turning it into fertile land. The idea is a pet project of the Danish king; when the soldier, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) offers to fund the project from his war pension, officials cynically agree. Should he succeed, he will become a Danish noble with a title, a manor and servants. We make plans and God laughs, says the writer and director Nikolaj Arcel.

Jun 19, 2024 | inreview.com.au | David Washington |Murray Bramwell |Jo Vabolis |Rachael Mead

She’s back. Better than ever. New York singer Patti LuPone returns to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival with a crisp new show featuring songs that made her name as a  Broadway star, as well as other personal favourites that inspired and shaped her progress. You could say they mean the world to her. In 2010 she published a memoir of a career in music and theatre which began in the late 1960s and has continued for more than 50 years. As she wryly observes, it has even kept on going since 2010.

Jun 19, 2024 | inreview.com.au | David Washington |Jo Vabolis |Rachael Mead |Murray Bramwell

Shots are fired at a birthday celebration. Arthur Whitney, the Great American Novelist, is dead. The nearest detective is nowhere in the vicinity, but Officer Marcus Moscowicz, a local policeman with big dreams, is ready to leap into action. Murder for Two, ‘a musical comedy to die for’, is the creation of Kellen Blair (book and lyrics) and Joe Kinosian (book and music).

Jun 19, 2024 | inreview.com.au | David Washington |Jo Vabolis |Rachael Mead |Murray Bramwell

“She’s the wrong kind of trans.”Is there a right way to be trans? In the conversations about transphobia and homophobia, one often associates the issues with right-wing conservatives. Most forget the battles between the subcultures within the LGBTQ+ community. Cassie Hamilton’s ingenious new musical A Transgender Woman on the Internet, Crying confronts these complex sociopolitical issues through hyper-pop and comedic storytelling.

Jun 13, 2024 | inreview.com.au | David Washington |Shannon Pearce |Rachael Mead |Graham Strahle

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