Reviews – … Cocaine…
22 May 2025‘If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You’ by John O’Donovan
Directed by Joel Horwood.
Produced by Jarrad West & Nikki Fitzgerald.
Set design Isaac Reilly. Sound design Neville Pye.
Lighting design Lachlan Houen. Costume design Winsome Ogilvie.
May 14-24. 2025
Simon Tolhurst – ‘That Guy Who Watches Canberra Theatre’
Like the best of Irish drama there’s a great joy in the use of language as the character’s phrasing feels precise and true.
Joel Horwood directs with a sensitive ear for the moments between the pair.
… a compelling tight 90 minutes of drama that captures an emotional journey between two men with heart and soul.
A beautiful and relatable story presented with a natural ease by the two actors, with lots of laughs to keep it fun.
Robert Kjellgren, as Mikey, gives a strong, energetic performance, prowling the roof like a caged animal.
As Casey, Joshua James brings an appealing warmth and sensitivity to the role.
Director Joel Horwood keeps the action moving well… and has drawn deeply observed characterisations from the cast.
Peter Wilkins review in the Canberra Critics Circle
In the intimate setting of the ACT HUB theatre the audience is compellingly drawn into the ninety minute play without the distraction of changing scenes, subplots or an interval.
… director Joel Horwood (gives) detailed attention to the moments of panic, humour, conflict and love that he has carefully and imaginatively elicited from O’Donovan‘s text….
thoroughly credible performance of the two young actors Joshua James as Casey and Robert Kjellgren as Mikey, who give such riveting and convincing performances as the two burglars…Horwood’s casting of Joshua James as the young 18 year old whose house they have burgled after an earlier bungled theft of a petrol station and Robert Kjellgren as the older, more experienced delinquent is inspired. James and Kjellgren give thoroughly convincing performances sensitively and at times explosively orchestrated by Horwood. James and Kjellgren are two of the finest young actors I have seen on the Canberra stage and I urge you to see their performances before they are certain to pursue a bright career in the theatre…
Everyman Theatre has once again produced a piece of theatre that invites us to witness the human condition and consider our own place in the world…. This is a production well worth a visit.