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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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Four Letter Word’s dead good murder mystery: The Butler Did It

REVIEWED BY AUDREY MUELLER EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Crack a case without a detective!? Infectiously hilarious, surprisingly saucy tap-dancing murder mystery: Four Letter Word’s The Butler Did It is, to quote the girls sitting behind me in the audience, ‘this is really good!’ Four Letter Word nailed this original murder mystery play, engaging and comedic at every turn. The play’s opening establishes its characters through … Continue reading Four Letter Word’s dead good murder mystery: The Butler Did It

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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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Ambition overleaps centuries in MUSC’s Macbeth

REVIEWED BY KIERA EDELSTEIN EDITED BY MYA HELOU The thing about the Scottish Play is that everyone has read it, seen it, done it and is probably even a little bit over it. It is hard to understand the pervasive nature of such a monolithic play. For many, the lines of Macbeth have subconsciously seeped into our collective lexicon, the themes entangled with our ideas … Continue reading Ambition overleaps centuries in MUSC’s Macbeth

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Black, Bleak, Ghoulishly Funny – Scary Goat Theatre’s ‘A Twist of Fate’ perturbs and provokes in their bigger and better fourth season

REVIEWED BY ANNA RYLEY EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER A Twist of Fate feels as if Black Mirror had a baby with some of Doctor Who’s scarier, hiding-under-the-couch episodes. Scary Goat Theatre’s campy showcase was tightly written and featured some delightfully intriguing stories with a small dose of the unusual. For those with the unique pleasure of experiencing A Twist of Fate for the first time, … Continue reading Black, Bleak, Ghoulishly Funny – Scary Goat Theatre’s ‘A Twist of Fate’ perturbs and provokes in their bigger and better fourth season

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Comical, curious and chilling – Above Sea Level takes us to The Office at the End of the World

REVIEW BY ALYSSA MCDONALD SMITH EDITED BY AZMY Above Sea Level took to the Guild Theatre from 7th – 9th of May to welcome us into Saskia Powles’ humorous dystopia The Office at the End of the World. Written and directed by Powles, the play follows the inner workings of a seemingly mundane office branch who’s ‘normal’ is thrown into turmoil after the introduction of … Continue reading Comical, curious and chilling – Above Sea Level takes us to The Office at the End of the World

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SPOTLIGHT ON MUSC’s Macbeth

Read time: 12-19 minutes INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER The Dialog head editor, Charlotte Fraser, recently sat down with Alana Collins, Giulia Magagna and Flynn Lhuede to discuss Melbourne University Shakespeare Company’s upcoming production of Macbeth. This production takes one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays and re-stages it in 1920s New York, bringing the socially relevant messages around greed, power and corruption present in the original … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT ON MUSC’s Macbeth

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Camp chaos rings loud in RMIT Redacts’ Present Laughter

REVIEWED BY KIT WILLS EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Starting their year off with a bang is RMIT Redacts’ Present Laughter a 1939 comedy by Noël Coward that feels incredibly modern despite its pre-World War II setting. Sitting in the Kaleide Theatre waiting for the show to begin, I could feel the buzz of excited audience members ready for opening night. Immediately setting the tone was … Continue reading Camp chaos rings loud in RMIT Redacts’ Present Laughter

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A Captivating Battle Between the Mind and the Heart: Experimenting with Our Body’s Chemical Reactions in THE EFFECT

REVIEWED BY AUDREY MUELLER EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER We often expect enormous acts to transform our lives, but ultimately it all boils down to the small decisions. In Key Conspirators and Theatre Works’ production of The Effect – an award-winning play by Lucy Pebble – we meet Connie and Tristan, two young volunteers who get involved in an anti-depressant drug trial. They expect 4 weeks … Continue reading A Captivating Battle Between the Mind and the Heart: Experimenting with Our Body’s Chemical Reactions in THE EFFECT

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Moving Pieces establishing their status as The Goat

REVIEWED BY SUNDAY WILLIAMS-STARKIE EDITED BY MYA HELOU I tried my very hardest to go into watching The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? blind. When I volunteered to review it, I was warned: ‘make sure you’re careful about that one. It’s pretty… full on.’ In my case I decided to carefully stay uninformed. I got the sense the play relied heavily on shock factor, and … Continue reading Moving Pieces establishing their status as The Goat

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