Play Reviews
The Meeting Place
Bawling, with the joy of it and of the magic of a good yarn
Written by Ralph Mclean
Arts Journalist
On Stage Melbourne (3RRR radio)
16 October 1996
© Copyright 1996
Written by Darren Brealey
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Justin Conkey
Three Shorts
An eclectic mixture of observations that manage, somehow, to connect
Written by Bernadette Kelly
Arts Journalist
Stage Whispers
1 August 1998
© Copyright 1998
Written by Darren Brealey
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Elizabeth Penny
Performing The Goat
Plucks several of these enigmas from obscurity
Written by Adam Pont
Arts Journalist
Buzz Cuts
1 September 1999
© Copyright 1999
Written by Darren Brealey
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Elizabeth Penny and Shaun Oxley
Performing The Goat
The most disturbing thing about these plays is that there are characters like this in life that actually exist.
Written by Dinah Arndt
Arts Journalist
Buzz Cuts
1 September 1999
© Copyright 1999
Written by Darren Brealey
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Elizabeth Penny and Shaun Oxley
Comfort Zone
Conceived a deliciously witty and physical comedy
Written by Tony McMahon
Arts Journalist
Inpress
21st September 2005
© Copyright 2005
Written by Darren Brealey and Stuart Pursell
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Elizabeth Penny
Comfort Zone
It’s Just Wicked
Written by Darren Pope
Arts Journalist
BNews
6th October 2005
© Copyright 2005
Written by Darren Brealey and Stuart Pursell
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Elizabeth Penny
Comfort Zone
Self-deluded Deirdre James (Alexis Beebe) is a theatre's Artistic Director
Written by Daniel G. Tylor
Arts Journalist
Stage Whispers
Volume 14, Number 6, Nov - Dec 2005
© Copyright 2005
Written by Darren Brealey and Stuart Pursell
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Elizabeth Penny
Shattered Reflection
This footage contains a performance of Shattered Reflection as performed in the 2008 Melbourne Fringe Festival, at Guild Theatre, Union Hall, University of Melbourne, Australia with Elizabeth Penny, Luke D'Emanulele, Dean Tyler and Carolyn Masson.
Darren Brealey, is to be commended for such well-drawn and developed characters
Review written by Zachary Lurje
Arts Journalist
Buzz Cuts
© Copyright 2008
Written by Darren Brealey
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Elizabeth Penny
Separating The Dust
'Dust' storms into Kyneton
Review written by Jeff Jones
Arts Journalist
Midland Express
10 August 2010
© Copyright 2008
Written by Darren Brealey
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Darren Brealey
No White Mongoose For Wilma
EVERYTHING THEATRE
Pros: A variety of Dickensian characters merrily bounce off each other.
Cons: It’s annoyingly short.
Our Verdict: Good
A delightfully eccentric study of manners; think 19th-century style Come Dine with Me.
A delightfully eccentric study of manners; think 19th-century style Come Dine with Me
Review written by Brian Penn
Arts Journalist
Everything Theatre
19 January 2015
© Copyright 2014
Written by Darren Brealey
Produced by Cosmic Players
Directed by Dimitry Devdariani