REVIEW BY GRYFF CONNAH EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER It’s a balmy spring afternoon at North Melbourne’s Meat Market, and I’m queuing to be taken into the venue. I’ve been in this line before; it’s the line that forms prior to any house inspection in Carlton North or Fitzroy. But this time I’m not here to inspect the grout-work of a fading Collingwood terrace or the … Continue reading A New Home But An Old Message
REVIEW BY TARAS SCURRY EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY It was a consummate and well-executed display, a machine so to speak. It all started in a small and cosy theatre at the Meat Market as part of Melbourne’s Fringe Festival. Hyping up the diverse crowd of performatively dressed males and others, Brat blasted and then the lights dimmed turning a cool, nightclub-esque bluey-purple. And so, it … Continue reading The Theatrics Of The Machine
REVIEW BY ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Punk Rock is a play by British playwright Simon Stephens, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. First performed in 2009, it follows the lives of seven private school kids in sixth form – their equivalent of Year 12 – as they prepare for, or neglect, their A level mock exams. … Continue reading Has Anyone Checked On The Sixth Formers? Lunatix’s Punk Rock
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