Charlotte Grech, Chris Dingli and Chiara Hyzler in God of Carnage. Photo: Nisġa We all love a good train wreck on stage, especially the emotional kind. Yasmina Reza happens to specialise in human train wrecks, as we've already witness in the locally-produced version of Art. If you thought that Art was a particularly savage take on human foibles, welcome to God of Carnage. A … [Read more...] about God of Carnage: Brutal, 100% effective satire
Malta Theatre
Masquerade’s Oliver! The Musical
Masquerade's Oliver! The Musical follows a long list of similarly spectacular largescale productions that included Mamma Mia The Musical and My Fair Lady (FM Theatre). I'm of an age where I remember the days that the idea of staging a full musical in Malta was ludicrous. We have had many, so many, excerpts with the most well-known pieces. But the real deal with costumes, … [Read more...] about Masquerade’s Oliver! The Musical
Mothers & Sons review: powerful
The relationship between a stubborn, conservative mother and her gay son is bound to be complicated. Add the AIDS pandemic that decimated the population of gay males in the 1980s and a previously unacknowledged partner who remarries and has a son, and top it off with a surprise visit to the latter's New York apartment by the former ‘mother-in-law’. The result is Mothers and … [Read more...] about Mothers & Sons review: powerful
Her Say Not Hearsay Review
Women's Day may be a gimmick, but it does serve as springboard to some genuinely useful initiatives. The production of Her Say, Not Hearsay, which opened at Spazju Kreattiv yesterday, is one such example. Directed by Charlotte Grech, who also performs, the play presents three original monologues related to women's issues - the lack of female rights during wartime, menopause and … [Read more...] about Her Say Not Hearsay Review
The Beauty Queen of Leenane: as funny as it is chilling
I was thrilled when I read that Adrian Buckle was directing The Beauty Queen of Leenane as part of the MADC programme. I've been a Martin McDonagh fan ever since I watched The Banshees of Inisherin. Very few playwrights do love/hate relationships as ruthlessly as McDonagh, and I figured that Buckle - as I had witnessed through the Unifaun Productions glory days - was … [Read more...] about The Beauty Queen of Leenane: as funny as it is chilling