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Drive: To Infinity in 45 Minutes

In 2006, American astronaut Lisa Nowak undertook her first space exploration. Rebecca Meston’s Drive is an exploration of a different kind – it mines the trauma of heartbreak, following the true story of Lisa’s 2007 14-hour nonstop road trip to confront her ex-lover’s new girlfriend. Drive’s creative and eloquent scenic design draws the audience in to its enchanting and captivating world. Lighting and smoke transform the … Continue reading Drive: To Infinity in 45 Minutes

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The Flick: Ushering in a New Era

The University of Melbourne’s newest theatre company, Melbourne Uni Modern Theatre, couldn’t have chosen a stronger play through which to make their debut. Annie Baker’s The Flick, awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is funny, smart and deceptively deep, chronicling the workdays-and-nights of two ushers and a projectionist at a suburban cinema in Massachusetts. Such playwriting prowess requires equally strong direction, admirably provided by Arthur … Continue reading The Flick: Ushering in a New Era

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Mindquest: Saving The Universe, One Hipster at a Time

A trio of unlikely adventurers. A quest to save all humanity from a terrible fate. It may sound familiar, but I bet you haven’t seen it done quite like Mudcrabs do it in their first long-form narrative work, Mindquest: Journey into Forever. The show centres around Eva (Liv Bell) and Gil (Shane Woods), two Brunswick locals pulled into a quest to save the universe from … Continue reading Mindquest: Saving The Universe, One Hipster at a Time

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Hedda Gabler: A Hedda for the Here and Now

Venus Notarberadino as Hedda Gabler flips between a weighted stillness and erratic movement. She stares at nothing, caught up in her own mind, pulling the audience in. She’s the centre of Four Letter Word’s impressive adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, which opened this Wednesday. In a new adaption by Arthur Knight and Simon Farley, Hedda is brought into the modern era, dressed in a … Continue reading Hedda Gabler: A Hedda for the Here and Now

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Interview with Kate Douglas, director of FLW’s Hedda Gabler

Four Letter Word’s production of Hedda Gabler opens this week in the Guild Theatre. I sat down with director Kate Douglas to talk about how the show came together, and what a modern audience can take away from their new adaptation of this iconic play. I’d like to start by getting to know your background a bit. How did you get into directing? I studied … Continue reading Interview with Kate Douglas, director of FLW’s Hedda Gabler

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The Law Revue: Comedy? Piece of Cake

Melbourne Uni Law Revue’s 2018 show took my comedy tastebuds one hell of a flavourful tour. The Cake is aptly named – slices of sweet, saucy, silly deliciousness are offered to their grateful audience with flair and finesse. So many perfectly formed bits come to mind that deserve review space, but I worry I’ll let them down in my delivery. You really have to see the … Continue reading The Law Revue: Comedy? Piece of Cake

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Tastings 18: Program B

Eclectic. Explosive. Energetic. Exciting. Tastings 18 promised a radical evening of original new works, and the five shows that made up Group B were more than up to delivering. The night’s works explored what it means to be creative, to exist in the 21stcentury, to have a body. It’s hard to come away from a show like this feeling anything other than inspired and creatively … Continue reading Tastings 18: Program B

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Plastic Shakespeare: There’s Something Fresher in The State of Shakespeare

MUSC’s Plastic Shakespeare presents two short plays based on the idea that Shakespeare can be on the one hand useful and malleable and on the other garish and opaque. The two very different works, Hamlet by the Pool and Engraft, equally enliven and update the bard while complicating our understanding of his modern-day relevance. Written and directed by Isobel Milne, Hamlet By The Pool is a punchy, pacey and … Continue reading Plastic Shakespeare: There’s Something Fresher in The State of Shakespeare

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Into the Abyss: Grab a Pool Noodle and Dive In

Into the Abyss might just be the funniest existential crisis you’ll ever have. Through a mixture of improv and sketch comedy, a series of sketches tumble from the minds of Jacob Sacher and Jack McGorlick. As Paul Noodle Phd. Candidate, the pair don hats, strainers and banana costumes to become surreal characters who populate the mind of a comatose boy. Sacher and McGorlick charm their … Continue reading Into the Abyss: Grab a Pool Noodle and Dive In

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