Can yourself be Too much?
REVIEWED BY AZMY EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER What is ‘non-binary’? Can you define ‘non-binary’? Is it worth it? Is it useful? Why be it? What limits are you pushing? Do you need to push them? Who are you? What is gender? Why do we even have it? What am I? What is the purpose of any of this? Am I doing too much? Is ‘identity’ … Continue reading Can yourself be Too much?
Living The Dream was like watching a nightmare
REVIEWED BY ELIJAH VALERY SLAVINSKIS EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER If you visit the Melbourne Fringe Festival website and click through a bunch of hyperlinks to find the page for Living the Dream a new play by Tom Wornsop, you will find that it describes itself as, “simultaneously comedically ridiculous and painfully confronting.” After exiting the MC Showroom and stepping out onto the rain-soaked footpaths of … Continue reading Living The Dream was like watching a nightmare
Holy ‘Henchmen’! The Underlings Punch up in FLW’s New Original Musical!
REVIEWED BY KIERA EDELSTEIN EDITED BY AZMY Sometime in the afternoon on some peaceful Friday, just hours before the AFL grand finale, I was studying in the Arts and Cultural Building at UniMelb when a fire alarm was set off. As I hurried down Porters Lane, blocking my ears against the unruly alarm, I tried to squeeze by two blaring fire trucks, a whole swarm … Continue reading Holy ‘Henchmen’! The Underlings Punch up in FLW’s New Original Musical!
Omigod You Guys! Queen College’s Legally Blonde might just be the hottest ticket in town yet
REVIEWED BY E.K.K. SUBHASHI BHAGYA EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER As the audience takes their seat and the cozy Union Theatre fills with the laughter and chatter of the eager spectators, the first thing that catches my eye is the big, colorful and whimsical projection of the play title onto the purple curtains. This itself sets the stage for the vibrancy that’s to take the place … Continue reading Omigod You Guys! Queen College’s Legally Blonde might just be the hottest ticket in town yet
Refreshingly honest, beautifully hesitant: The Eternally Hopeful make a compelling debut
REVIEWED BY JESS PARKIN EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER The flickering LED lights that greeted me as I entered the low-lit Explosives Factory should have been a sign of what was to come. And being welcomed into what could have been a real-life Indie film set only encouraged my building excitement. I could almost touch the stage as I sat down in the intimate seating bank … Continue reading Refreshingly honest, beautifully hesitant: The Eternally Hopeful make a compelling debut
BL Theatre’s Glengarry Glen Ross Expertly Navigates The Competitive Culture of the Corporate World
REVIEWED BY CHRISTARON NEWSTEAD EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER The portrait of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, in a modest brown frame, akin to something like the painting of a saint, metaphorically and literally looms over BL Theatre’s Glengarry Glen Ross. Reaganomics purveys the play’s script in its entirety, men shouting and yelling and pleading and denying and angering and bargaining and depression-ing, … Continue reading BL Theatre’s Glengarry Glen Ross Expertly Navigates The Competitive Culture of the Corporate World
I Cried So Much At The Spelling Bee
REVIEW BY GRACE DWYER EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Before the show even starts, I’m convinced that The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is the perfect choice for International House and St Mary’s College inaugural joint production. The 2005 Tony Award winning musical by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin fits perfectly in the Guild’s more intimate space. Looking at the unoccupied stage is almost like … Continue reading I Cried So Much At The Spelling Bee
Deus Ex Machina asks: Punishment or Glory for Sacrilege? Depends how you program God
REVIEWED BY SUNDAY WILLIAMS-STARKIE EDITED BY AZMY The Melbourne Fringe Festival represents the uniquely human tendency to create, and I had the delight of being a part of the ritual that celebrates this, being at the Motley Bauhaus for the first day of Fringe. I love a theological discussion, and I hate AI, so spirits were high walking in to see Deus Ex Machina, which … Continue reading Deus Ex Machina asks: Punishment or Glory for Sacrilege? Depends how you program God
Fabio Motta’s Holy Fool Transforms Absurdist Comedy Into a Divine Experience
REVIEWED BY IVY KAYE EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Directed by Giovanni Fusetti and performed at St. Kilda’s Explosives Factory, Holy Fool is a play that manages to take a person who died exactly 800 years ago and turn him into a message of hope for today, a reminder of the need for compassion in a time where selfishness and materialism runs rampant. It’s also a … Continue reading Fabio Motta’s Holy Fool Transforms Absurdist Comedy Into a Divine Experience
How to Eat Rabbit asks us who gets to survive the end of the world
REVIEWED BY ALYSSA MCDONALD SMITH EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Directed by Lilah Benetti and written by Jamila Main, How to Eat Rabbit took to the La Mama Courthouse theatre as part of the Hope Punk Climate festival. At first entrance to the theatre, my friends and I were offered a raffle ticket for the door prize, and whilst waiting we speculated that the prize may … Continue reading How to Eat Rabbit asks us who gets to survive the end of the world
