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“He May Have Been Stupid, But He’s Not Evil”: Lunatix Theatre’s Blackrock

REVIEW BY GRACE DWYER EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Content warning: This play and review contain discussions of rape, murder and gender-based violence.  On an appropriately dark and stormy night, we take the tram to Prahran and walk down a quiet alley to the MC Showroom. It’s a nifty little theatre at the top of several sets of stairs, buzzing with what looks like a full … Continue reading “He May Have Been Stupid, But He’s Not Evil”: Lunatix Theatre’s Blackrock

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The Importance of Being Earnest: Prepare for a Wilde Ride…

REVIEW BY KATYA EWING EDITED BY MYA HELOU Don your necktie and prepare your cucumber sandwiches, for this is not one to miss. RMIT RedActs have knocked it out of Hertfordshire and brought to Kaleide Theatre a slice of Wilde with their rendition of The Importance of Being Earnest. The plot is simple. Jack Worthing (Bodhi Keech) is attempting to live a double life. As … Continue reading The Importance of Being Earnest: Prepare for a Wilde Ride…

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A Plum Job: Citizen Theatre’s Ripening

REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT An air of softness hums through the Gasworks Studio from the moment the audience begins filing in. A gentle light envelops the space, welcoming and warm. Delicate music drones, disrupted only by the soft chatter and clinking of a few wine glasses. A room full of women – mothers, grandmothers, midwives – all eager to see the … Continue reading A Plum Job: Citizen Theatre’s Ripening

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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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Storked: Myf Hocking’s New Play Flies High

REVIEW BY ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT It was a cold and dreary night in May. Autumn wind, having finally taken hold in Melbourne, made my fingers brittle and after not heeding the copious warnings about terrible parking at Theatre Works, I started the long walk to the theatre just as it started bucketing down. I wanted to turn around and go home. I … Continue reading Storked: Myf Hocking’s New Play Flies High

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Betrayal: Make Sure The Curtains Are Shut

First performed in 1978, Betrayal paints the picture of an affair over the course of nine years in reverse chronological order, from its resolution to its inception. We were bounced between the three characters, following the affair between Emma (Michaela Bedel) and Jerry (Gabriel Partington) who attempt to keep Emma’s husband and Jerry’s longest friend Robert (Heath Ivey-Law) none the wiser. Simple yet meticulous, Thursday’s … Continue reading Betrayal: Make Sure The Curtains Are Shut

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Grab Your Torches and Enter the World of Exit the Boy

REVIEW BY POPPY ELFICK EDITED BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA CIPTA’s Exit the Boy plays in the realm between humour and horror to shine the lantern-light on religious trauma in a captivating tale of spirits and sleeping bags.  At Father Kirk’s sleep-away bible camp, two boys find themselves confronted by an unknown force they believe to be a demon while sleeping, for 4 nights in a … Continue reading Grab Your Torches and Enter the World of Exit the Boy

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Far Away, But Not That Far

REVIEW BY GRYFF CONNAH EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY Few emotions hold the primacy that fear does. It is both our greatest strength and greatest weakness as a species: our central driving counsel; and the force that keeps us paralysed and stagnating. When entering the Above Sea Level’s production of Far Away, it is clear that fear has metastasized in this space. After a disorienting greeting … Continue reading Far Away, But Not That Far

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Barkly’s Romeo and Juliet Makes Shakespeare Groovy

Reviewed by: Mya Helou Edited by: Lola Sargasso Walking into the theatre, it was clear that this would not be your average Romeo and Juliet production. As the curtains parted for the prologue, 70s style disco-funk pounded and you just couldn’t help but bop along as a somewhat bare but elegantly draped set was revealed. The prologue contained even more surprise, as we learned that … Continue reading Barkly’s Romeo and Juliet Makes Shakespeare Groovy

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