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Let Men Tremble: A bloody critique of patriarchy and tradition

LET MEN TREMBLE begins with an eerie image: seven women repeating a chain of sexual dance moves as three men in suits scrutinise them and take notes on clipboards. As the audience walks in to this scene, we are immediately put in a position of discomfort. Thoroughly disturbing, this scene is one of the play’s greatest strengths. This image of surveillance and control of women … Continue reading Let Men Tremble: A bloody critique of patriarchy and tradition

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Juicy: Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Play Right?

In the dilapidated, art-deco ‘Missing Persons’ room of the Nicholas Building off Swanston Street, I sit amongst a full house of audience members awaiting the ‘Juicy’ duo comprising of JG and Lucy. The audience is clearly made up of friends and family of the cast, and their support proves immediate as the show begins. Despite the slightly uncomfortable wooden bench seating and cramped atmosphere, there … Continue reading Juicy: Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Play Right?

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Taco Knight: A Musical Comedy that Knows it’s Audience

With an audience of only seven people, you’d think young comedian Taco might be crumbling a little. Think again. I’m watching a self-assured, charismatic young woman use her life experiences as witty comedic material. After an interesting half-undressing start to the show (‘my friends said I had to do some undressing’), Taco and her double bass (named Terry) launch into a stream of musical comedy. … Continue reading Taco Knight: A Musical Comedy that Knows it’s Audience

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Love’s Labour’s Lost: A rollicking ride for the child in us all

Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost gives you everything you expect from a romantic comedy – plenty of laughs, a touch of slapstick and quite a few caricature-esque characters. What it lacks perhaps, is a relishing of Shakespeare’s language and just a touch more professionalism. The atmosphere is beautiful – an in-the-round theatre within a park, with a balmy breeze drifting … Continue reading Love’s Labour’s Lost: A rollicking ride for the child in us all

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