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MUST’s The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals: Forget Kool-Aid, come and drink the weird blue shit!

REVIEWED BY ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITIED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER StarKid fans are a cult – and one I heavily ascribe to. Few other shows live in perfect perpetuity on the internet, but The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals is one high on my list. It is a triumph of accessible art. But what a joy to see one live. The challenge of putting on a beloved … Continue reading MUST’s The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals: Forget Kool-Aid, come and drink the weird blue shit!

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MUST’s Animal Farm: Is animalising politics the way for us to recognise inhumanity?

REVIEWED BY ISLA TEAGUE EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER “The animals in the play all look like us. The humans don’t look at all like us” (Tatty Hennessy). Going into Monash Uni Student Theatre’s (MUST) production of Animal Farm, the quote projected on the back wall originally confused me. From my previous understanding of George Orwell’s novella, “four legs good, two legs bad” was one of … Continue reading MUST’s Animal Farm: Is animalising politics the way for us to recognise inhumanity?

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MUST’s The Mutineers: A Nostalgic Rebellion 

REVIEW BY ZENA WANG EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Student theatre thrives when it dares to capture both the nostalgia of the past and the restlessness of youth. The Mutineers, set in the very old English grammar school–styled Bellview Academy, does exactly that. With its 1990s backdrop of cassette tapes and schoolyard banter, the production becomes not just a story about teenagers, but a reflection on … Continue reading MUST’s The Mutineers: A Nostalgic Rebellion 

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How Far Away Can You Truly Get?

REVIEW BY JESSICA FANWONG EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Golden sand, roaring waves, happy families sunbaking under the calm tropical breeze as kids splash about in the pristine sea… that is the iconic image of an Australian Gold Coast summer. The school holidays are a time to leave the humdrum 9-to-5, escape the doom of finals, the pains of heartbreak, keep all other life grievances in … Continue reading How Far Away Can You Truly Get?

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