Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sport for Jove)
Jack shall have Jack and nought shall go ill in this fizzy, funny staging of Shakespeare’s oft-performed comedy.
Jason studied theatre directing at the VCA and NIDA. He was Arts Editor of Sydney City Hub, editor of AUSTAR magazine, an online producer at Fairfax, and has reviewed theatre for The Sun-Herald (2006-2009), The Sydney Morning Herald (2009-2017), The Saturday Paper and Guardian Australia. He was co-founder/co-editor of the audreyjournal platform from 2017–22 and Publications Manager for the 2022 Sydney Film Festival.
Jack shall have Jack and nought shall go ill in this fizzy, funny staging of Shakespeare’s oft-performed comedy.
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