Review: Exiles (Bloomsday)
fortyfivedownstairsUntil 25 June Set in Dubin in 1912, Richard Rowan (Doug Lyons) is a highly intelligent writer plagued by self-doubt. Richard married the woman he desired, Bertha (Lucy Payne), but …
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Review: The Crucible
The Athenaeum (Theatre 2)Until 25 June I would say I am an avid reader, I first fell in love with Arthur Miller’s The Crucible when I studied the play in …
Review: Masterclass
Malthouse TheatreUntil 17 June Oh my. What a breakout, beguiling, absurdist, slapstick comedy Masterclass is. It is a deliberately pointed slight at male arrogance and entitlement. A pretentious interviewer (Feidlim …
Review: Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook
Playhouse, Arts Centre MelbourneUntil 13 June The highly entertaining two-hour show could be called the soundtrack of the glorious Robyn Archer’s life. She, accompanied by a highly talented three-piece band …
Review: All Shook Up
Karralyka Theatre10 to 18 June All Shook Up is a musical comedy with music by Elvis Presley, inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. It follows the story of Chad (Lachlan Glennie), …
Review: The Charade
The MC ShowroomUntil 11 June A dysfunctional family gathers for the first time in a decade two months after the passing of the three adult daughters’ mother. Suffice to say, …
Review: Seussical the Musical
Bunjil Place, Narre Warren9 to 18 June Seussical the Musical is based on the works of Dr Seuss and brings to life some of his best-loved characters in an enchanting …
Review: TANZ
Playhouse, Arts Centre MelbourneUntil 10 June Ten naked women cavorting on stage in a comic book reality is the wild work of 37-year-old Austrian choreographer and performance artist Florentina Holzinger. …
Review: Death of a Salesman
Chapel Off ChapelPresented by Hearth TheatreUntil 11 June Almost three quarters of a century after it was written, the power, passion and desolation intrinsic to Arthur Miller’s Death of a …
Review: Euphoria
Melbourne Town HallUntil 18 June As Gordon Gekko, in the 1987 Oliver Stone-directed hit film Wall Street, Michael Douglas said “greed, for lack of a better word, is good”. I …