Murray Bramwell

Oct 31, 2024 | inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Anthony Mullins |Murray Bramwell

The Powerhouse Theatre at Brisbane Powerhouse was packed for what promised to be a “noice”, “different” and very “unushual” sell-out show. Fresh from sold-out shows in Melbourne, Canberra and the Sydney Opera House, Fountain Lakes in Lockdown camps it up (and up and up) as it explores what Australia’s foxiest morons, Kath and Kim, got up to in lockdown.

Oct 31, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |PHIL BROWN |Murray Bramwell

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Oct 24, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Murray Bramwell |PHIL BROWN |Stephen Vagg

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Sep 25, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Gianluca Noble |Murray Bramwell |PHIL BROWN

David Williamson’s The Puzzle presents two self-obsessed, middle-aged professional couples embarking on a “lifestyle cruise” (read: swingers’ cruise) to rejuvenate that fading neurochemical spark. These couples find themselves tormented by their own notions of what good sex means in their relationships, and the clashing of values, jealousy, and bodies that result from the unique setting where a good time is always on the cards – or in this case, on the puzzle pieces.

Sep 25, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Murray Bramwell |PHIL BROWN |Laurie Marsden

In an epigraph to her outstanding stage debut The Almighty Sometimes, Australian playwright Kendall Feaver cites a medical textbook on The Bipolar Child which quotes advice from a nine-year-old, outlining what should be done when a child says they are suicidal. Firstly, take it seriously. Secondly, ask the doctor for medication. But most importantly: “If this situation ever happens, hold them still until they calm down and stop wanting to kill themselves.