Victor De Bono and Anton Saliba in The Maids. Photos: Justin Mamo Jean Genet's The Maids was wonderfully scandalous when written back in the 1940s. It was based on a real-life story, the Papin sisters' particularly gruesome murder of their mistress and her daughter. Even before true crime podcasters discovered just how lucrative the genre is, the notorious case became … [Read more...] about The Maids, by Jean Genet Review: 4 Stars
Theatre Next Door
Interview: Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Ed MacArthur
Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Ed MacArthur in String V SPITTA As String V SPITTA heads to Malta, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Ed MacArthur talk about audience chaos, improv and why the hit show leaves people happier than it found them. I’m interviewing Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Ed MacArthur as they get ready to fly to Malta ahead of their hit show, String V SPITTA. As a geek for … [Read more...] about Interview: Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Ed MacArthur
Kif Tgħallimt Insuq Review – a horrific mosaic of abuse
When it's gone past midnight and you're still heatedly debating a play that you saw earlier that evening, well that there is an excellent sign of the impact of the production. And Kif Tgħallimt Insuq (Du' Theatre, Theatre Next Door) certainly leaves an impact. The play has been translated to Maltese from the original Pulitzer-winning script by Paula Vogel and it brings … [Read more...] about Kif Tgħallimt Insuq Review – a horrific mosaic of abuse
Mid-Djarju ta’ Student Fi Skola Tal-Knisja: Gold
Jamie Cardona in Mid-Djarju ta' Student Fi Skola Tal-Knisja. Photo on the right: Owen Michael Grech I approached Mid-Djarju ta' Student Fi Skola Tal-Knisja with some mixed feelings. On the one hand, the one time I had seen actor and writer Jamie Cardona in action (those words are about to get a very different meaning) was in Il-Giddieb Għomru Twil, where he made a simply … [Read more...] about Mid-Djarju ta’ Student Fi Skola Tal-Knisja: Gold
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
