Sainting Joan: The Baddie in a Bowl Cut, Historically Informative and Entertaining
REVIEWED BY AUDREY MUELLER EDITED BY MIRANDA WILSON Some of the most interesting and captivating original productions are performed in theatres found down dark alleys. Sainting Joan is one of them. After running around the back streets of St Kilda, I finally found Explosive Factory’s theatre. And I’m glad I did, because this original rock musical was exciting at every turn. The narrative opens in … Continue reading Sainting Joan: The Baddie in a Bowl Cut, Historically Informative and Entertaining
Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s Eurydice makes you remember its melody
REVIEWED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY It almost felt as though I was descending into Hades myself, walking into fortyfivedownstairs to see Eurydice. Whatever I had expected this play to be, it wasn’t. Melbourne Shakespeare Company brought us into a world both recognisable and yet unfamiliar – one full of music, plastic sheets, tap-dancing and talking stones. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice … Continue reading Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s Eurydice makes you remember its melody
Four Letter Word’s dead good murder mystery: The Butler Did It
REVIEWED BY AUDREY MUELLER EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Crack a case without a detective!? Infectiously hilarious, surprisingly saucy tap-dancing murder mystery: Four Letter Word’s The Butler Did It is, to quote the girls sitting behind me in the audience, ‘this is really good!’ Four Letter Word nailed this original murder mystery play, engaging and comedic at every turn. The play’s opening establishes its characters through … Continue reading Four Letter Word’s dead good murder mystery: The Butler Did It
RedActs’ Dogfight: All men are dogs, barking at them is encouraged
REVIEWED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY AZMY CW: This review will discuss themes of sexual violence, war and misogyny. Walking into Dogfight, I was instantly captivated by the set. Tables and chairs, lights strung along the back of the theatre, paper roses littering the space and an American flag pinned up above the band rostrum. The Kaleide Theatre was smaller than I recalled from my … Continue reading RedActs’ Dogfight: All men are dogs, barking at them is encouraged
MUST’s Animal Farm: Is animalising politics the way for us to recognise inhumanity?
REVIEWED BY ISLA TEAGUE EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER “The animals in the play all look like us. The humans don’t look at all like us” (Tatty Hennessy). Going into Monash Uni Student Theatre’s (MUST) production of Animal Farm, the quote projected on the back wall originally confused me. From my previous understanding of George Orwell’s novella, “four legs good, two legs bad” was one of … Continue reading MUST’s Animal Farm: Is animalising politics the way for us to recognise inhumanity?
Ambition overleaps centuries in MUSC’s Macbeth
REVIEWED BY KIERA EDELSTEIN EDITED BY MYA HELOU The thing about the Scottish Play is that everyone has read it, seen it, done it and is probably even a little bit over it. It is hard to understand the pervasive nature of such a monolithic play. For many, the lines of Macbeth have subconsciously seeped into our collective lexicon, the themes entangled with our ideas … Continue reading Ambition overleaps centuries in MUSC’s Macbeth
Black, Bleak, Ghoulishly Funny – Scary Goat Theatre’s ‘A Twist of Fate’ perturbs and provokes in their bigger and better fourth season
REVIEWED BY ANNA RYLEY EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER A Twist of Fate feels as if Black Mirror had a baby with some of Doctor Who’s scarier, hiding-under-the-couch episodes. Scary Goat Theatre’s campy showcase was tightly written and featured some delightfully intriguing stories with a small dose of the unusual. For those with the unique pleasure of experiencing A Twist of Fate for the first time, … Continue reading Black, Bleak, Ghoulishly Funny – Scary Goat Theatre’s ‘A Twist of Fate’ perturbs and provokes in their bigger and better fourth season
SPOTLIGHT ON RedActs’ Dogfight
INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER In the lead up to RedActs’ production of Dogfight, I had the opportunity to sit down with the director, Eadie Milne, to discuss what it has been like bringing this show to life. Eadie spoke about the impact that having an all female and non-binary production team has had on a show with very complex themes of misogyny, the process behind … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT ON RedActs’ Dogfight
Comical, curious and chilling – Above Sea Level takes us to The Office at the End of the World
REVIEW BY ALYSSA MCDONALD SMITH EDITED BY AZMY Above Sea Level took to the Guild Theatre from 7th – 9th of May to welcome us into Saskia Powles’ humorous dystopia The Office at the End of the World. Written and directed by Powles, the play follows the inner workings of a seemingly mundane office branch who’s ‘normal’ is thrown into turmoil after the introduction of … Continue reading Comical, curious and chilling – Above Sea Level takes us to The Office at the End of the World
A great production of Legally Blonde by Trinity College: What, like it’s hard?
REVIEWED BY BATRISYIA MD KHAIRIL EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER It doesn’t take long for me to realise it’s going to be a full house. There are multiple people craning over the program noticeboard. I am barely able to see it, let alone scan the QR code of the program, before the show. The dense crowd chatter turns to an excited murmur as we file into … Continue reading A great production of Legally Blonde by Trinity College: What, like it’s hard?
