REVIEW BY BRONTE LEMAIRE EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT A man lays on a hotel bed with his wrists bound. He’s still. He doesn’t shift when she enters, when she stalks around the edges of the bed, or when she gulps down the champagne. He doesn’t even make a noise when she creeps on top of him peering. She claps once. Loudly. Twice. Then again and … Continue reading Djuna: Nervous? How Could You Not Be?
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
Reviewed by: Tom Worsnop Edited by: Hallie Vermeend Queen’s College’s latest production, directed by Gabriel Donaldson and Avi Walsh-Davis, offers a delightfully light-hearted piece of theatre, Thornton Wilder’s 1954 play The Matchmaker. Perhaps better known in the form of its musical adaptation Hello Dolly!, the play is set in 1880s New York, and centres around an old curmudgeon, Horace Vandergelder, who is trying to stop … Continue reading Queen’s College and The Matchmaker: A Compatible Pair
Picture this: you’re trapped in your favourite least favourite club on queer night. It’s the sort of place where everyone knows everyone—perhaps a bit too well. You’re either imagining the nightmare I had last night, or the set-up for Doghouse. Continue reading Club Rats and Thursgays: Sidonie de la Cœur and Sam Weldon’s Triumphant Doghouse
While this self-indulgence means that JAFFY’s audience is perhaps more niche than many of the original works that hit the UniMelb stage, it’s not a bad thing by any stretch. The self-indulgence is endearing. It’s cute. Continue reading JAFFY: A Touching Reminder to Touch On
At the hands of such comedy veterans, it is no surprise that the audience swayed between hearty chuckles and all out laughter for the full hour-long show. Continue reading Those Well Oiled Members Primed for Future Theatrical Endeavours
There is something uniquely challenging about actors looking out at the audience and telling you that they are going to die, and even acting out their own deaths. Continue reading The Everyman: A Modern-Medieval Morality Play
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