Anatomy of a Suicide
Intergenerational trauma characterises the incendiary play Anatomy of a Suicide, which sees three family stories set in different timeframes play out in unison. Carol (Ashleigh Coleman) has had suicidal ideation …
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An Evening Without Kate Bush
Kate Bush – what did I know about the English singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer before I attended An Evening Without Kate Bush? Very little, apart from appreciating her …
Macbeth
There’s an electricity in the air as the Southern Cross Lawn is sold out to an audience buzzing with excitement as they await to see the tragic Shakespearean tale of …
Truth to Power Café
Live theatre can throw up curve balls, but this – the 61st iteration of Truth to Power Café globally and its Melbourne premiere – significantly deviated from the script. Some …
Panti Bliss: If These Wigs Could Talk
Ah, don’t we just love the Irish … and with good reason. You don’t have to look too far to appreciate their sense of humour. That is reinforced when erudite, …
Constellations
*This review contains spoilers A story of love, quantum mechanic and yes, bees. Â Constellations follows Marianne and Roland as they navigate their love story where in a single moment the …
Follies
A couple of fraught relationships and bygone days are at the heart of Stephen Sondheim’s pointed Tony Award-winning musical, Follies. Each year, between the world wars, Dimitri Weismann (Grant Piro) …
Shirley Valentine
Life hasn’t turned out the way 42-year-old Liverpool housewife Shirley Valentine had envisaged. Married with two adult children – a boy and a girl – routine and boredom see her …
A Body at Work
Writer and performer Frankie van kan came from a liberal family and, for the most part, was comfortable in her own skin. Now she pulls back the curtain to reveal …
37 by Nathan Maynard
As an Australian football fan, I was very intrigued and excited to see 37, written by Nathan Maynard, at the Melbourne Theatre Company. Having grown up playing footy and being …