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Fabio Motta’s Holy Fool Transforms Absurdist Comedy Into a Divine Experience

REVIEWED BY IVY KAYE EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Directed by Giovanni Fusetti and performed at St. Kilda’s Explosives Factory, Holy Fool is a play that manages to take a person who died exactly 800 years ago and turn him into a message of hope for today, a reminder of the need for compassion in a time where selfishness and materialism runs rampant. It’s also a … Continue reading Fabio Motta’s Holy Fool Transforms Absurdist Comedy Into a Divine Experience

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How to Eat Rabbit asks us who gets to survive the end of the world

REVIEWED BY ALYSSA MCDONALD SMITH EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Directed by Lilah Benetti and written by Jamila Main, How to Eat Rabbit took to the La Mama Courthouse theatre as part of the Hope Punk Climate festival. At first entrance to the theatre, my friends and I were offered a raffle ticket for the door prize, and whilst waiting we speculated that the prize may … Continue reading How to Eat Rabbit asks us who gets to survive the end of the world

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“Less faith in change” – In conversation with the director of Party, Andrew Sutherland

INTERVIEW BY ELIJAH VALERY SLAVINSKIS EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER As an incredibly sane person who was keeping religiously up to date with Farrago’s live blog of the UMSU elections I’ve been quite eager to learn more about Union House Theatre’s upcoming production of Party, taking place at the Guild Theatre from the 24th to the 26th of September. Party is a political satire written by … Continue reading “Less faith in change” – In conversation with the director of Party, Andrew Sutherland

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Robbery, Vulnerability and a Chicken Burger Murder: the Unique Spectacle that is Cipta’s ‘In Hot Water’ Showcase

REVIEWED BY MIA SUTHERLAND EDITED BY AZMY Along with most of the audience sitting in the intimate Guild Theatre, I was excited and becoming restless, eager for it to tick over to 7:30 pm. We were (impatiently) waiting to watch the drama unfold across three student-written works for Cipta Theatre Company’s Semester Two comedy showcase, In Hot Water. For one hour, I was fully immersed … Continue reading Robbery, Vulnerability and a Chicken Burger Murder: the Unique Spectacle that is Cipta’s ‘In Hot Water’ Showcase

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A dose of disturbing dystopia in Little Hall’s Mr Burns

REVIEWED BY JESS PARKIN EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER For a relatively new Arts Society, Little Hall lured quite an impressive audience to their performance of Mr Burns, a post-electric play. Both the cast and crew of Mr Burns had been busy at work on their social media page, posting trendy and catchy reels that built the excitement of the community – what sort of wonders … Continue reading A dose of disturbing dystopia in Little Hall’s Mr Burns

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The immaculate conception of Big Religion

REVIEWED BY KIERA EDELSTEIN EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Big Corporate wants you to work overtime with no pay. Big Lip-balm doesn’t want you to know that, secretly, it’s making your lips more chapped. Big Religion? Writer/Director Maddi Formosa seems to think it wants you to buy into its system of subservience and piety, of unquestioning devotion, with no questions asked. And yet, in this debut … Continue reading The immaculate conception of Big Religion

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Conditional forgiveness and a thirst for punishment in Asamina Theatre Company’s 12 Angry Actors

REVIEWED BY ELIJAH VALERY SLAVINSKIS EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Boasting a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, 4.6/5 on Letterboxd and a 9/10 on IMDB 12 Angry Men (1957) is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. It also happens to be one of my personal favourites, so when I caught wind of Asamina Theatre Company’s 12 Angry Actors I was tentatively excited. How … Continue reading Conditional forgiveness and a thirst for punishment in Asamina Theatre Company’s 12 Angry Actors

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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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Anything Goes at Ormond College

REVIEWED BY ALEX LAWRY EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Ormond College’s production of Anything Goes took to the Union Theatre from the 20th to the 22nd of August 2026. The 1934 musical comedy created by Cole Porter follows the passengers of an ocean liner as love triangles, public enemies and chaos reign supreme. The powerful vocals of Zoe Cowlishaw as Reno Sweeny, Nick Sharr as Billy … Continue reading Anything Goes at Ormond College

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A Chorus Line: St. Hilda’s College Asks What it Means to Become “One”

REVIEWED BY IVY KAYE EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Walking up the stairs of Parkville’s Arts and Cultural Building, I was transported into a kind of theatre within a theatre. Having taken my seat, and waited for the lights to dim, I was met with A Chorus Line’s familiar opening of ‘Again!’ coming from just a few rows ahead of me. The show, following a group … Continue reading A Chorus Line: St. Hilda’s College Asks What it Means to Become “One”

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