Dry Land
Dry Land has much to say about abortion, female friendships and being a teenager, but it takes a long time to say it. It is the brainchild of American playwright Ruby …
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The Hate Race
Racism comes in many forms and from many quarters and can strike with the speed of a bullet train. That subject is explored in a dramatic and humorous way through a …
The Rocky Horror Show
The Melbourne streets have come alive this summer, and tonight it’s all a party rage as the Athenaeum Theatre vibrates with the excitement that it’s the opening night of Richard …
The Dictionary of Lost Words
What is in a word? Everything … for the person around whom the sweeping tale The Dictionary of Lost Words focuses. I speak of Esme Nicoll (Brenna Harding), to whom we …
Rent
A rich array of talent is on display, as love and loss take centre stage in Jonathan Larson’s passion filled musical Rent. Based on Puccini’s opera La bohème, written in 1895, …
The Whisper
A distressing story about intimidation and forced relocation, Aboriginal playwright and performer Brodie Murray dug into his own family history to bring it to life. The Whisper is a reimagining of …
Meet Me at Dawn
Grief. How to deal with it. How to cope when you have lost a beloved one. That difficult subject has been turned on its head in the MTC production of Meet …
The Wharf Revue: Pride in Prejudice
The satirical virtuosity in this show is in both the writing and execution. A small, talented troupe of entertainers that has been at it annually since 2000 just keeps delivering. The only …
Rocky Horror Show
Fifty years on, it remains just as wacky, bold, sexy, energetic and as much fun, as when Tim Curry first took to the London stage in 1973. Rocky Horror Show is, …
Candide
Exactly what is the best of all possible worlds? You may well ask that question before, during and after watching the delicious Broadway operetta Candide. The focus is on the hapless titular …