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Waking a queen: Melbourne Shakespeare Company resurrects Cleopatra and Antony with fresh, intoxicating ferocity

REVIEWED BY LUCY SONNEMANN EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER On the stage of fortyfivedownstairs, the air thick with incense and anticipation, the cast of MSC’s Cleopatra and Antony sit around an imposing stone amphitheatre; all but one. In her absence, her supporting characters stare into the audience, their unflinching gazes demanding that we bear witness. This is the story of Cleopatra: Egypt’s last pharaoh, a woman … Continue reading Waking a queen: Melbourne Shakespeare Company resurrects Cleopatra and Antony with fresh, intoxicating ferocity

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Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s Eurydice makes you remember its melody

REVIEWED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY It almost felt as though I was descending into Hades myself, walking into fortyfivedownstairs to see Eurydice. Whatever I had expected this play to be, it wasn’t. Melbourne Shakespeare Company brought us into a world both recognisable and yet unfamiliar – one full of music, plastic sheets, tap-dancing and talking stones. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice … Continue reading Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s Eurydice makes you remember its melody

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Twelfth Night: The garden party of the summer

As a rule, a warm balmy evening, picnic rugs, wine and crackers laden with cheese are all conducive to a great night. Then add a playful and reactive cast, a classic love story, some 80’s classics and by-gosh; you’ve got yourself a hit. Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is set up in Central Park, Malvern East. It takes the classic tale … Continue reading Twelfth Night: The garden party of the summer

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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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