Ivy And Sylvia: Ghosts Of Care And Community
REVIEW BY JESSIE WILLIAMS EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Staged in the intimate confines of the Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre in Altona — a site rich with history, once housing the very hospital that inspires its narrative — Ivy and Sylvia offers a compelling, quietly radical exploration of women’s roles in early twentieth-century Melbourne healthcare. It’s written by Mia Boonen, directed by Azmy Azurite … Continue reading Ivy And Sylvia: Ghosts Of Care And Community
F*ck a Duck That’s Funny – The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck
REVIEW BY ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITED BY AZMY It is the first night of Fringe. On the way to Theatre Works I read out the blurb for The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck to my guest so we could get a sense of what we were about to watch. The blurb proclaimed that “good taste and political correctness … Continue reading F*ck a Duck That’s Funny – The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck
Which Of Us Is The Changeling?
REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA We’ve all heard about changelings, haven’t we? The spooky old tales of fae, trolls or elves replacing human babies with ugly, wicked creatures pervade European tradition. This is the myth that Charlie Simmons’ play Changeling draws upon and subverts, blending folklore and the fantastical in order to tell a profoundly important story about the dangers of … Continue reading Which Of Us Is The Changeling?
Mr. Inkleigh: An Urban Portrait Of Surveillance, Paranoia, And Existential Anxiety
REVIEW BY ZENA WANG EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY In contemporary theatre, exploring how to present the complexity of social structures through everyday narratives is an extremely challenging task. Mr. Inkleigh, written by Ben Jamieson-Hoare and directed by Katherine Bragagnolo, is precisely such a work — it uses an ordinary apartment building as a vehicle to weave a modern parable about loneliness, surveillance, paranoia, and the … Continue reading Mr. Inkleigh: An Urban Portrait Of Surveillance, Paranoia, And Existential Anxiety
Medley’s Med Revue Is Just What The Doctor Ordered
REVIEW BY ANNA RYLEY EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER This year’s Med Revue, Game of Bones, broke both bones and hearts throughout the endearing chaos of the production – with side effects of uncontrollable laughter and occasional tears! As requested by the company in the first few seconds of the show, I am honoured to deliver a good review of the Med Revue’s prescribed comedy, served … Continue reading Medley’s Med Revue Is Just What The Doctor Ordered
A Fryer Fuelled Fever Dream of the Highest Order: Little Hall’s Work But This Time Like You Mean It
REVIEW BY ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT It started immediately. From the moment the audience walked into the Guild Theatre, the performers were already onstage. Droning lobby music filled a fast-food store in all its grease-stained life sucking glory. Performers were flipping burgers, making Tik Toks behind the counter and playing stack cup all while hiding from a roaming manager. It is an environment many … Continue reading A Fryer Fuelled Fever Dream of the Highest Order: Little Hall’s Work But This Time Like You Mean It
MUST’s The Mutineers: A Nostalgic Rebellion
REVIEW BY ZENA WANG EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Student theatre thrives when it dares to capture both the nostalgia of the past and the restlessness of youth. The Mutineers, set in the very old English grammar school–styled Bellview Academy, does exactly that. With its 1990s backdrop of cassette tapes and schoolyard banter, the production becomes not just a story about teenagers, but a reflection on … Continue reading MUST’s The Mutineers: A Nostalgic Rebellion
We Had A Moment, A Marvellous Moment At Colour And Light: The Art Of Sondheim
REVIEW BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the compact Theatre Works foyer, a crowd of buzzing theatre-goers gather for the sold-out opening night of Colour and Light: The Art of Sondheim, the newest offering from Watch This, Australia’s first and only Sondheim repertory company. Weaving a beautiful tapestry of the theatre giant’s immortal contributions to the musical theatre canon with … Continue reading We Had A Moment, A Marvellous Moment At Colour And Light: The Art Of Sondheim
Has Anyone Checked On The Sixth Formers? Lunatix’s Punk Rock
REVIEW BY ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Punk Rock is a play by British playwright Simon Stephens, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. First performed in 2009, it follows the lives of seven private school kids in sixth form – their equivalent of Year 12 – as they prepare for, or neglect, their A level mock exams. … Continue reading Has Anyone Checked On The Sixth Formers? Lunatix’s Punk Rock
Above Sea Level’s Endpapered Does Everything Right For A Play That Goes Wrong
REVIEW BY AKSHITA BENNY EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Anyone who has ever done theatre knows the desperation of when things go wrong. Or if they have not experienced it themselves, they would at least have heard the horror stories. Maybe it was a skipped scene or a missing prop, an actor going on stage at the wrong time, or an incorrect cue from the bio … Continue reading Above Sea Level’s Endpapered Does Everything Right For A Play That Goes Wrong
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