Features of Review Writing Are

¶ … features of review writing are subject description, evaluative judgment, supporting argument, and engaging. The review is also a critical evaluation and analysis what did not work or worked for the reviewer. The reviewer should state how they felt about the characters in the play or script they are reviewing Wilkinson 2009. Other techniques for reviewing include analyzing the plot of the play, and the pace of the play (lagging or too fast).

The reviewer ought to ensure they do not give away the main plot or ending of the play in any way. As a reviewer one should ensure that they inspire and not put off the readers even if the reviewer did not personally like the play. John McCallum, always reviews two plays in one article. He is always able to combine the reviews for both plays in a way that a reader would be left more inspired and willing to see both plays.

As a reviewer, he is well versed with theater, and this gives him more authority as his reviews would be read by educated and well informed individuals. Theater critics have to be well versed, or experts in many areas of theater, and John McCallum being a drama teacher at the University of NSW is well placed and respected as a theater critic.

John McCallum understands the readers of his reviews, and that is why he writes in such a sophisticated manner and he also includes direct quotations within his reviews as punch lines. Looking at the two reviews that were both published in the Weekend Australian for Waiting for Godot and Endgame, and another for Through the Wire, it is clear that John McCallum is able to comment on the show and compare it to other shows performed much earlier.

Through the Wire being a new script, he has managed to review the script and has made his own position regarding detention centers in Australia explicitly McCallum 2004. The review he has done for Through the Wire is based on this position. This review indicates that a reviewer's belief will always affect the kind of review they give, it may not be conscious fact, but their beliefs will cloud their reviews and these beliefs will be demonstrated in their reviews.

When analyzing a play, the reviewer should pick one aspect of the play and make a review of that because it would be impossible to review all aspects within the limited word count given by editors. Having limited space for publishing will force the reviewer to decide on the important things they can say regarding the play, as was the case with John McCallum's review of Through the Wire. A review should always keep the reader engaged and amused.

In the review for Through the Wire, John McCallum has managed to keep the readers engaged and has also made a compelling argument regarding the need for theaters to become politically engaged. These two aspects form some of the main features of professional reviewing. Analyzing the two Beckett plays, and comparing them against each other gives the reader an idea of how unique those two plays are and how they can be judged. He compares the production done by Beckett himself twenty years earlier to the current production.

This comparison allows him to inform the reader of how the current production does justice to the original and well-known script. Having watched both plays, he reckons that the original Beckett show was insufferably slow, but the current one by Armfield was fast paced and he wished that they would slow down McCallum 2003. With such a comparison, the reader is engaged and becomes curious to watch both plays. Review for through the wire This is a play written and directed by Ros Horin.

Ros Horin has spent many years as an artistic director for Sydney theatres. The play has been written based on words from real people. The play depicts some extraordinary works of wit, compassion, and moral urgency. The complex theatricals by the performances are compelling, and the amazing stories have made the play to be a smash hit since its first performance in Sydney. The play intertwines the stories of four detainee men, and three Australian women who befriend them. The women play a key role of securing the detainees release.

The male characters are Farshid (Wadih Donah, Mohsen (Ali Ammouchi), Shahin Shafaei (himself), and Rami (Hazem Shammas). The women are played by Dorren (Katrina Foster), Gaby (Eloise Oxer), and Suzanne (Rhonda Findleton). The play's set is minimalist, but very effective, has dramatic lighting, and there is some marvelous music that accompanies the play. The music is used to constantly keep the audience reminded of the stories context. Making use of the people's testimony, the play has demonstrated the harrowing stories of the detainees.

The play demonstrates the activities for which the detainees were persecuted for and threatened with death by their oppression government. At the same time, the play also illustrates the kind of treatment the detainees are given by the Federal Government. In order for the audience to view the stories rationally, compassion has been demonstrated by the frequent and direct addresses to the audience, and viewing the horrors with hindsight. Shahin falls in love with one of the detention guards Gaby.

He had been banned from Iran because of writing plays, but his life was put to risk when one of his plays was performed by a university show. When he discovered a plot for poisoning some prominent Iranian and his wife, Farshid's life became at risk. Farshid's huge mistake was believing that by being honest with Australian authorities regarding his fake New Zealand passport, they would view him differently, and this was going to favor him.

The psychotherapist Suzanne befriends Mohsen, and she answers all his desperate phone calls both day and night. Mohsen's life became under threat because he was a whistle blower regarding judicial corruption in a case with regards to an intelligence officer. It is weird that giving direction to a foreigner during the UN weapons inspection could lead a person to asylum, but that is exactly what happened to Rami. He was never politically active, and was just a concierge for a five-star hotel. Rami's mistake was not following directives from authorities.

Shahin's partner Gaby is faced with reality when she starts questioning herself what the future judgments regarding the current policy and detention centers will be. She asks herself what her children may ask her. Her children may ask if she knew anything regarding the detention centers, and if she did anything. The play takes the lives of ordinary people who are thrown in extraordinary situations far away from their home country.

The play is a story of refugees who are in search of a new life, but they have to first go through persecution, restraint, and a long time without them knowing what is going to happen next. The play also shows stories of some Australians who have taken it upon themselves to try and develop relationships with the detainees. The relationships prove to be life-changing for both parties. Letting the people tell their stories demonstrates the plays simplicity, and mostly the characters are directly speaking to the audience.

The live music that accompanies the play evokes the Middle East, and it provides some vivid sounds cape. The play demonstrates how cruel the system is, but what is more shocking is the realization that innocent human beings are being destroyed for political gain. The play provides some great aesthetic pleasures, in a sophisticated production. The play manages to challenge every person's conception of decency, which moves people to sympathies with the detainees.

The main reason this play is a smash is because it uses stories from real people, and these people join the actors when the play is over in taking a bow, but the reality of their stories makes them less theatrical. Reflection The review has been done for any theater lover, and it would be published in the Australian Weekend. This is a theater review for a new play that has not been shown anywhere else.

As with any new play, no one knows what to expect exactly, and it was nice to sit among the audience to.