The WAAPA graduating class’s production of Wise Children sinks its teeth into our reviewer David Zampatti and won’t let go. He begs us not to miss this one.
Author Archives: David Zampatti
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Pollie tales prove a cracker
28 August 2023
There’s plenty of bogan in this fun trawl through Australian politics, with some serious bite to boot, writes David Zampatti.
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Bell bends but doesn’t break
17 August 2023
The mixed up, muddled up, shook up world of Twelfth Night gets given another stir in Bell Shakespeare’s gender re-bender, but David Zampatti is more than rescued by a Malvolia straight out of Samuel Beckett.
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Bali is worth a visit
13 July 2023
It may not be perfect, but We’ll Always Have Bali could be the start of the a new wave of talent at The Blue Room Theatre, writes David Zampatti.
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Champion makes distinguished WA debut
2 June 2023
With powerful performances and impeccable staging, Kate Champion’s direction of Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know To Be True impresses David Zampatti, even if he has some doubts about the play.
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Noonan adds colour to Blue
28 May 2023
David Zampatti has been tangled up in Blue for more than 50 years. So, he’s delighted to hear Katie Noonan cover Joni MItchell’s iconic album with such gusto.
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Shining a beacon of light on our history
23 May 2023
With a movie screen providing a magnificent backdrop to the action, Theatre 180’s latest CineStage epic is a powerful and accessible introduction to World War I, from an Australian perspective, writes David Zampatti.
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Psychotropic drama is tense, enthralling and relevant
22 May 2023
Fremantle Theatre Company’s production of The Effect, by Succession writer Lucy Prebble, is as intelligent and engrossing as David Zampatti has come to expect from this local outfit.
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WAAPA cooks up a killer finish
4 April 2023
Dark and demonic, Sweeney Todd is also hugely entertaining. The musical rounds out the first season from WAAPA’s graduating classes in terrific style, writes an enthralled David Zampatti.
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Students make much of Shakespearean favourite
31 March 2023
In WAAPA’s Much Ado About Nothing they all live happily ever after, and David Zampatti says there are plenty of reasons for its audience to be happy too.
