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 ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY Grease is the word, and it comes with a lot of history. You would be hard pressed to find an audience member filing into the Union House Theatre without expectations of what Trinity College’s Grease will look like. In their pre-show speech Trinity College was the first to acknowledge much of the show’s themes and messaging have dated … Continue reading Trinity College’s Grease: It’s Electrifying!
REVIEW BY ASHLEIGH SHEARMAN EDITED BY MYA HELOU This year UMMTA, headed by President Nishka Varghese, have gone in a bold direction with their traditional Sitzprobe performance; fully staging four new works from young Australian playwrights and composers Poppy Poems by Eadie Milne, Stuck in an Office with a Bunch of F***wits by The Vreugdenburg brothers (Harry and Jake), Something Borrowed Something Blue from Ethan … Continue reading UMMTA’s Sitzprobe: A Four Show Spectacular
Reviewed by: Grace Dwyer About three months ago, I properly listened to Little Shop of Horrors for the first time – the iconic 1980s musical that spawned a film adaptation, extremely successful runs on and off-Broadway, and turned authors Alan Menken and Howard Ashman into Disney royalty. So, having consumed every cast recording and bootleg I could find, I jumped at the opportunity to review … Continue reading Here it comes, baby! IH’s Little Shop of Horrors
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: Lilah Shapiro Edited by: Mya Helou It was just one of those nights, where no-one (not even my most periphery down-for-a-good-time friends) was available to see a college production of Legally Blonde with me. So, there I was, by myself on a Saturday night, ready for three hours of whatever St Hilda’s college had in store for me. As the opening number – … Continue reading What You Want Is St Hilda’s College’s Legally Blonde
Reviewed by: Shixin Wang Edited by: Aditi Acharla It seems like every fairy tale has a woods full of stories. Little Red Riding Hood is seduced by the Big Bad Wolf and deviates from the correct route on the way to her grandmother’s house and enters the woods; Rapunzel lives in a tower deep within the forest; Snow White is driven into the darkness and … Continue reading Into The Woods And Out Of The Woods
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