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The Lonely Crowd: Good Things Come in Small Packages

I must admit to being pleasantly surprised upon seeing the running time of UHT’s semester one show The Lonely Crowd. Even genuinely enjoyable or accomplished productions have me trying to glance at my watch once they head into their third hour, and so The Lonely Crowd’s approximated 25 minute running time is a welcome change. Before seeing the show I find myself thinking that it’s good … Continue reading The Lonely Crowd: Good Things Come in Small Packages

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Nath Valvo: Face-Achingly Funny

Remarking that a comedian is ‘likeable’ might sound like a backhanded compliment. In actuality, I think it is something many comedians find difficult to achieve – even when they’re funny, they’re so often plagued by a sense of arrogance, of finding themselves funnier than anyone in the audience, or just being plain annoying. So do not misunderstand me when I say that one of the … Continue reading Nath Valvo: Face-Achingly Funny

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A Party to Murder: Killing It

Melbourne University Chinese Theatre Group’s production of A Party to Murder is a homage to possibly the world’s most famous detective writer, Agatha Christie. As I enter the theatre on the production’s closing night I am torn between excitement and apprehension – as an avid Christie fan I’m a sucker for a good mystery, but I’ve also seen a few too many twee repertory productions of The … Continue reading A Party to Murder: Killing It

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The Witches of Eastwick: Wickedly Slick

From novel, to film, to theatre, The Witches of Eastwick has had many incarnations, the latest being UMMTA’s most recent production. Three single women, outcasts from their town of Truman Show-like domestic perfection, pray for the ‘perfect’ man to save them from their struggles. When he arrives, innocent fun turns into manipulation and harm of a more serious kind, and the three ‘witches’ must unite to … Continue reading The Witches of Eastwick: Wickedly Slick

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Oil Babies: Anxiety and Apocalypse

At a time when natural disasters headline the news every other day, Lab Kelpie’s Oil Babies taps into modern anxieties about a seemingly inevitable apocalypse, and the apparent futility of individual attempts to ‘save the planet’. Written and directed by Petra Kalive, the play depicts a dystopia not at all far away from our own world. Apocalypse is imminent, with the human race on the precipice … Continue reading Oil Babies: Anxiety and Apocalypse

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The Twelve: The Jury’s In

CTG’s production of The Twelve is an adaptation of an adaptation, referencing both the classic 1954 play Twelve Angry Men and its 1991 Japanese film parody The Gentle Twelve. Following the deliberations of a jury who are largely too superficial and goodhearted to convict a beautiful young woman of murder, The Twelve presents a humorous and thoughtful piece of theatre. The production’s greatest strength lay … Continue reading The Twelve: The Jury’s In

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Romeo is Not the Only Fruit: Well on the Way to Ripe

DisColourNation’s Romeo is Not the Only Fruit challenges not only the archetypal love story, but the stereotypes to which lesbian lovers are doomed in most representations. The production provides an entertaining and thought provoking exploration of homosexual love and its portrayal in the mainstream. A new work written by Jean Tong and Margaret Tanjutco, the production’s script was mostly engaging and insightful. The tight, humourous … Continue reading Romeo is Not the Only Fruit: Well on the Way to Ripe

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