This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes a menacing gothic drama, ’80s pop at the Palais with The Human League and The Streets’ commitment to crowd-surfing.
THEATRE Nervous unravelling leads to revelation in Gaslight is indeed usually rescued by a man. Here the writers remove the white knight, giving our heroine the opportunity to escape her tormentor through her own wit and agency. It’s an inspired stroke in an otherwise staid commercial revival.Hamilton’s play has had lasting influence. It popularised the domestic peril subgenre of the psychological thriller, a durable and bankable form that reinvents itself with every new fashion.
Lee Lewis is typically such a nuanced director of actors that it’s weird to find the leads virtually dropping character on occasion. A reversal in which Bella manipulates her husband to get to the truth, for instance, could have been an incredibly tense moment, performed straight. Why would you throw it away for a cheap laugh?
-style trenchcoat and sleek, billowing flares, accompanied by singers Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley. The band begins with a warm-up of pick-and-mix of hits, including. None of these songs are likely to pop up on a best of the ’80s playlist. All of them are a revelation live.
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