REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Content warning: this review mentions death, sexual assault and dead bodies. It’s week 12 and most of us, me included, are trying to find any way to avoid the thought of SWOTVAC and exams looming ahead. Four Letter Word Theatre’s Last Impressions seems like the perfect way to take my mind off assignment pressure for a few … Continue reading A Last(ing) Impression
REVIEW BY JESSICA FANWONG EDITED BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA Written and directed by Bronte Lemaire, Medusa is an evocative reclamation of the popular Greek myth, illuminating the gendered violence and macabre power plays often obscured in the age of gods and heroes. The overarching story remains fairly faithful to the canonical tale: at the show’s outset, Medusa (Ruby Grinter) serves as high priestess in Athena’s … Continue reading Medusa And The Monsters We Make
REVIEW BY JESSIE WILLIAMS EDITED BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA Our Seventh String made its way into the world subtly, but not without notice. Tucked away in the back of the Motley Bauhaus in Carlton, Our Seventh String captured the complexities of life in a surprising and moving way. The development and collaboration that goes into building such a microcosm of life truly reflects how connected … Continue reading Singing the Praises of Our Seventh String
REVIEW BY AZMY AZURITE EDITED BY AUDREY MCKENZIE Medusa may have been blindfolded yet I left the theatre gagged. Medusa sheds light on the horror of being a woman in an age of gendered violence, recontextualising a famous Greek myth in such a way that it reverberated down to my bone marrow. This is the third production by Four Letter Word Theatre that I have … Continue reading Medusa and the Ouroboros of Violence Against Women
INTERVIEW BY EMMA PARFITT On this cold, drizzly day I met with Bronte Lemaire of Four Letter Word Theatre, Blue Jordan of CIPTA and Avi Walsh-Davis of Eleven Eleven Theatre. These student writers and directors have written the mainstage shows that these student theatre groups are bringing to the stage over the coming weeks. I brought them all together for a round-table chat about their … Continue reading Dialog Spotlight: Semester One’s Student Playwrights Chat All Things Theatre-Making
Reviewed by: Grace Dwyer I’ve had the privilege of seeing two Four Letter Word shows this year – the student-led production company specialising in original musical works has demonstrated an impressive capacity to produce spectacularly grand shows with tight turnaround. Their Semester One production, Cancelled, was fun and flashy, with a large cast of memorable characters – but in A Matter of Family, co-directors and … Continue reading A Matter of Family: This Ambitious Noir Musical Delivers Killer Looks, Songs and Story
Reviewed by: Michelle Yu Edited by: Lola Sargasso “People pay to hear our music, not listen to what we represent.” Is cancel culture valid? Should public figures who have been cancelled ever be forgiven? These are the compelling questions posed by Cancelled, Four Letter Word Theatre’s latest production. I had the privilege to be there on opening night. Featuring Ethan Francis D’Amour’s catchy tunes and … Continue reading Cancelled For Blowing The Roof Off
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