The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, is Boutique Theatre’s third show this year. Directed by Samantha Cunningham and produced by Emma Caldwell, it is a heartfelt and touching play exploring issues surrounding adoption, mental health, and self-doubt, in a humorous yet sensitive way. The play is set in the dining room and bedroom of Jennifer Marcos […]

The industrial precinct of Kensington is an unexpected place to find an engrossing cultural experience but that’s where you’ll find Motion Gallery, performed at Transit Dance’s contemporary dance training studio in an enormous wool-store, built in 1891. Once inside, the audience is encouraged to enjoy drinks and canapés in the foyer before being guided around the six […]

Who are we lying to more, other people or ourselves? That’s the central conceit driving Detached, a dark comedy that follows three desperados fumbling through their technologically-driven love lives. It’s low hanging fruit material, that the internet and Tinder and perpetual connection drives us apart rather than bringing us closer, but Detached takes a fresh approach with sharp writing […]

Fractured, a new play by Adam J.A. Cass and directed by Peta Hanrahan of Verve Studios, is a confronting exploration of the diminishing role of empathy in a broken world. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Fractured examines the ethical challenges that face the members of the “Extended Family”, a privileged group of people who live in […]

Joseph Green remembers the exact moment he decided that his Elwood apartment would be the perfect venue for his first solo stand-up show, Ah Yes, The Music. “I sat down in my bedroom, looking into the lounge room,” he says. “And I started thinking, where should I do it? And I just thought, I could […]