After 186 reviews for Suzy Goes See’s 5th year, I still can’t quite wrap my head around the number of shows being staged every evening, all over Sydney. Like this website, many of these theatre productions, attract no significant financial reward to speak of. We do it all for love, and with the understanding that art is a natural, essential part of human existence. We refuse to let money alone decide the things we leave behind, choosing instead to pursue something infinitely more meaningful, and almost always more challenging than we had ever prepared ourselves for. It is an honour to be part of this wonderful landscape, and having the opportunity to help shape it into something better, is truly the most fulfilling vocation. Best Of 2017, a personal selection, and away we go…

Suzy x

♥ Avant Garde Angels
The bravest and most creative.

• Bluebeard (Lies, Lies And Propaganda)
• The Library Of Babel (Kleine Feinheiten)
• Puntila Matti (MKA Theatre / Doppelgangster)
• The Natural Conservatorium For Wise Women (Clockfire Theatre)
• Cleansed (Montague Basement)

♥ Quirky Questers
The most colourful characters.

• Tommy Bradson in Nosferatutu
• Jeremi Campese in Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore / Moth
• Curly Fernandez in Bluebeard
• Michelle Ny in Dry Land
• Stephanie Rochet-Cuevas in Home

♥ Design Doyennes
For sound, lights, sets and costumes.

• Away (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo (Mad March Hare Theatre Company)
• Dignity Of Risk (ATYP / Shopfront Arts)
• Hir (Belvoir St Theatre)
• Assassins (Hayes Theatre)

♥ Musical Marvels
Outstanding performers in musical theatre.

• Virignia Gay in Calamity Jane
• Katrina Retallick in Big Fish
• David Campbell in Assassins
• Esther Hannaford in Beautiful
• Maggie McKenna in Muriel’s Wedding

♥ Best Supporting Actors

• Suz Mawer in The Laden Table
• Johnny Nasser in The Ham Funeral
• Simon Lyndon in Sunset Strip
• Megan Wilding in The Rover
• Andre de Vanny for Night Slows Down

♥ Best Ensembles

• BU21 (Outhouse Theatre Co)
• The Homosexuals, Or Faggots (Griffin Theatre Company)
• Black Is The New White (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Cloud Nine (Sydney Theatre Company)
• A View From The Bridge (Red Line Productions)

♥ Best Actors (Comedy)

• Simon Corfield in The Homosexuals, Or Faggots
• Eliza Logan in The Ham Funeral
• Sarah Meacham in Dry Land
• Helen Thomson in Hir
• Ben Gerrard in Buyer And Cellar

♥ Best Actors (Drama)

• Kate Mulvany in Richard III
• Belinda Giblin in Doubt: A Parable
• Alex Ewan in An Unseasonable Fall Of Snow
• Ivan Donato in A View From The Bridge
• Ursula Yovich in Barbara And The Camp Dogs

♥ Best New Writing

• Lachlan Philphott for The Trouble With Harry
• Declan Greene for The Homosexuals, Or Faggots
• Nakkiah Lui for Black Is The New White
• Jeanette Cronin for I Love You Now
• Phillip James Rouse for Night Slows Down

♥ Best Directors

• Suzanne Millar for The Laden Table
• Claudia Barrie for Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo / Dry Land
• Kip Williams for Cloud Nine
• Michael Dean for Bluebeard
• Anthea Williams for Hir

♥ Shows Of The Year
The mighty Top 10.

• The Ham Funeral (Siren Theatre Company)
• The Homosexuals, Or Faggots (Griffin Theatre Company)
• Dry Land (Mad March Hare / Outhouse Theatre Co)
• Black Is The New White (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Cloud Nine (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Bluebeard (Lies, Lies And Propaganda)
• Hir (Belvoir St Theatre)
• A View From The Bridge (Red Line Productions)
• Muriel’s Wedding (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Barbara And The Camp Dogs (Belvoir St Theatre)

 

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