Picture this: you’re trapped in your favourite least favourite club on queer night. It’s the sort of place where everyone knows everyone—perhaps a bit too well. You’re either imagining the nightmare I had last night, or the set-up for Doghouse. Continue reading Club Rats and Thursgays: Sidonie de la Cœur and Sam Weldon’s Triumphant Doghouse
A powerful comeback with a demonstration showcasing the inheritance and creativity of tradition after years of online performances and activities. Conducting the clash of history and modernity, they fused traditional Chinese music with rock, classical with contemporary, and well-known movie soundtracks with renowned Disney musical hits. Continue reading CMG’s Against the Current: A New Level of Musical Feasting
Flare Dance Ensemble has returned with a bold, confident and multifaceted Newsflash that pushes the group’s talent firmly back into the headlines. Continue reading Keeping Up with the Times: Flare Dance Ensemble’s Newsflash
Noises Off adheres to the dramatic standard: absurdly funny characters, tightly guarded secrets, suspense from start to finish and cleverly crafted conflicts. Continue reading Noises Off: A Farce From Behind
“We could’ve just remounted the same show and it would’ve been fine, but we didn’t want to. We had ideas. I feel like a play is never finished.” Continue reading An Interview with the Creative Minds Behind HAML3T
The Jurassic Park theme (as played on a recorder) was bone chilling, with toy dinosaurs marching across the screen before a MasterChef-esque opening credits introduced the production team. It quickly demonstrated one of the show’s strengths which was its excellent use of multimedia and seamless transition between screen and stage for different sketches. Continue reading Thoracic Park: A Rib-Tickling Performance
Describing themselves as “the Kindergarten of Australian Comedy”, the Law Revue is an institution with impressive credentials. Alumni of previous shows include Magda Szubanski, Libbi Gorr, Shaun Micaleff, Tom Gleisner, Sammy J, Celia Pacquola and Steve Vizard, as well as Cate Blanchett. Continue reading Laugh Actually: The 69th Annual Law Revue
While this self-indulgence means that JAFFY’s audience is perhaps more niche than many of the original works that hit the UniMelb stage, it’s not a bad thing by any stretch. The self-indulgence is endearing. It’s cute. Continue reading JAFFY: A Touching Reminder to Touch On
The themes of American school shootings, bigotry towards the LGBTQIA+ community and survivors of sexual assault fighting to be heard still ring true today. However, despite the heaviness of these topics, St Hilda’s College Theatre Group addressed them respectfully yet comedically. Continue reading Heathers: The Musical Laughs at Cliché Teenage Dramas
At the hands of such comedy veterans, it is no surprise that the audience swayed between hearty chuckles and all out laughter for the full hour-long show. Continue reading Those Well Oiled Members Primed for Future Theatrical Endeavours
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