‘no title’ – But No Less Power

REVIEW BY GRYFF CONNAH EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT OCD often manifests as an amorphous, nameless thing. It metastasises in silence, slowly and surely until, one day, its shapelessness is your whole shape and it is staring you in the face from all sides. I would know; I am living with it.  The experience of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is something that is very difficult to … Continue reading ‘no title’ – But No Less Power

RMIT Redacts’ Twelve Angry Jurors: A Thought-Provoking Take On A Classic

REVIEW BY AKSHITA BENNY EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT The tension is already palpable upon entering the confines of the Kaleide Theatre, when the voice over of the judge plays in the space and you can hear from the left the voice of a guard. Twelve jurors file to the stage from the door on stage left, fanning themselves and complaining about the heat. When the … Continue reading RMIT Redacts’ Twelve Angry Jurors: A Thought-Provoking Take On A Classic

6 Guys An Immigrant Trans Person of Colour Will Date in Melbourne: A Bombastic Success

REVIEW BY TARAS SCURRY EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT This play was simply outstanding. There’s no other way to start the dialogue about this performance than to emphasise just that. It’s quick-witted, well-researched and a performance that has both backbone and expressiveness.  The theatre was the very encapsulation of an intimate setting.  It is a small brick room upstairs at the Motley Bauhaus, with a stage … Continue reading 6 Guys An Immigrant Trans Person of Colour Will Date in Melbourne: A Bombastic Success

Still: A Moment With Beckett

REVIEW BY BRONTE LEMAIRE EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Adapted for the stage by actor Robert Meldrum and director Richard Murphet, Still takes us through six different prose pieces written by Samuel Beckett. These include Fizzle Still, Variations on a Still Point (which was comprised of Still 3 and Sounds), Stirrings Still, Heard in the Dark and One Evening. What you will quickly notice is that … Continue reading Still: A Moment With Beckett