There, you know it now, We watched Blowing Whistles last night at the Darlinghurst Theatre after a nice meal at Arun Thai. It(the Restaurant) never seems to disappoint…

As for the play, well where do I begin… In my opinion it seemed rather average despite the accolades wreathed on the Darlinghurst Theatre site. Looks like they’d talk up anything to get their seats booked. Its a ‘very’ average play, with some clever moments juxtaposed with again ‘very’ average and somewhat smutty humour. But obviously it seemed to have appealed to a lot of people there as some were in stitches time to time and kept thumping the floor in acknowledgement. Hmmmm, humour is a funny thing after all isn’t it?

I wouldn’t go all out and label ‘Blowing Whistles’ as a downright bore but if parallels could be drawn it can easily be compared to many a pedestrian, ‘run of the mill’ Bollywood slapsticks that follow a certain clichéd formula. Bit like the ‘Mills and Boon‘ of the straight world. Oh how dreadful and boringly predictable… it didn’t blow my whistles at all. There seemed little imagination or creativity in the script or the characters, although Jamie’s character is redeeming to a degree. If you’ve already booked to watch the play go by all means, just remember not to expect too much. Then again if you’re easy pleased and smut is your friend, I must be the critique from hell.

Presented by Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Focus Theatre. Blowing Whistles will make you laugh, cry and capture your heart. Straight and gay audiences alike will relate to this heart-felt comedy about being in love, little white lies and internet dating.

Jamie and Nigel are in a long-term relationship, living in Sydney. On the eve of the Mardi Gras party (and their 10^th anniversary) they go cruising online and meet a teenager called Mark. The next 24 hours change three lives forever.

A brilliant and poignant comedy that wonderfully captures the dilemmas of modern love.

“So much soul is laid out on that stage that it’s hard not to let it affect you” — http://samesame.com.au