Scandalously funny, thought-provoking and heartbreaking, Cloud Nine is an enduring theatrical masterpiece.... Read More | Share it now!
Interview: Matthew Backer talks being on Cloud Nine with this most complex play (now playing in Sydney!)
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Theatre Review: STC’s Cloud Nine does much to draw you in to this most powerful play (Performances to August 12th)
In a bleak midwinter comes forth STC’s Cloud Nine– surprising, hilarious, shocking and magnificent.... Read More | Share it now!
Only Heaven Knows at the Hayes is quite simply a real beaut of a musical
I was a week late to the game on seeing this one, as I was overseas during opening week, and try as I might I couldn’t help watching as the glowing reviews went up one by one. I mean really, with the likes of Hayden Tee and Matthew Backer I knew Hayes was on another winner, but Only Heaven Knows is quite simply a real beaut (translation from Aussie: a really fantastic musical).... Read More | Share it now!
Talking things Only Heaven Knows with Matt Backer
Only Heaven Knows is a beloved musical set in the 1940s and 1950s, telling the story of one young man’s discovery of love and life in Sydney. ... Read More | Share it now!
Matthew Backer on political thriller Chimerica, Kip Williams rehearsal rooms and the “Tank Man”
Inspired by one of the 20th century’s most powerful images, the photograph “Tank Man”, Chimerica tackles two decades of complex US-China relations alongside the personal stories that exist beyond the margins of history.... Read More | Share it now!
Matt Backer on the fabulous frocks and brutal violence of new Australian play Ladies Day
Ladies Day takes its audience to the festivities of the Broome races, complete with swishy hemlines, debonair gents and fascinators galore. Amongst the fabulous frocks is a brutal act of violence. It’s a play that is really funny until it’s not.... Read More | Share it now!
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