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Mr. Inkleigh: An Urban Portrait Of Surveillance, Paranoia, And Existential Anxiety

REVIEW BY ZENA WANG EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY In contemporary theatre, exploring how to present the complexity of social structures through everyday narratives is an extremely challenging task. Mr. Inkleigh, written by Ben Jamieson-Hoare and directed by Katherine Bragagnolo, is precisely such a work — it uses an ordinary apartment building as a vehicle to weave a modern parable about loneliness, surveillance, paranoia, and the … Continue reading Mr. Inkleigh: An Urban Portrait Of Surveillance, Paranoia, And Existential Anxiety

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Medley’s Med Revue Is Just What The Doctor Ordered

REVIEW BY ANNA RYLEY EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER This year’s Med Revue, Game of Bones, broke both bones and hearts throughout the endearing chaos of the production – with side effects of uncontrollable laughter and occasional tears! As requested by the company in the first few seconds of the show, I am honoured to deliver a good review of the Med Revue’s prescribed comedy, served … Continue reading Medley’s Med Revue Is Just What The Doctor Ordered

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A Fryer Fuelled Fever Dream of the Highest Order: Little Hall’s Work But This Time Like You Mean It

REVIEW BY ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT It started immediately. From the moment the audience walked into the Guild Theatre, the performers were already onstage. Droning lobby music filled a fast-food store in all its grease-stained life sucking glory. Performers were flipping burgers, making Tik Toks behind the counter and playing stack cup all while hiding from a roaming manager. It is an environment many … Continue reading A Fryer Fuelled Fever Dream of the Highest Order: Little Hall’s Work But This Time Like You Mean It

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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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We Had A Moment, A Marvellous Moment At Colour And Light: The Art Of Sondheim

REVIEW BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the compact Theatre Works foyer, a crowd of buzzing theatre-goers gather for the sold-out opening night of Colour and Light: The Art of Sondheim, the newest offering from Watch This, Australia’s first and only Sondheim repertory company. Weaving a beautiful tapestry of the theatre giant’s immortal contributions to the musical theatre canon with … Continue reading We Had A Moment, A Marvellous Moment At Colour And Light: The Art Of Sondheim

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Has Anyone Checked On The Sixth Formers? Lunatix’s Punk Rock

REVIEW BY ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Punk Rock is a play by British playwright Simon Stephens, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. First performed in 2009, it follows the lives of seven private school kids in sixth form – their equivalent of Year 12 – as they prepare for, or neglect, their A level mock exams. … Continue reading Has Anyone Checked On The Sixth Formers? Lunatix’s Punk Rock

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Above Sea Level’s Endpapered Does Everything Right For A Play That Goes Wrong

REVIEW BY AKSHITA BENNY EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Anyone who has ever done theatre knows the desperation of when things go wrong. Or if they have not experienced it themselves, they would at least have heard the horror stories. Maybe it was a skipped scene or a missing prop, an actor going on stage at the wrong time, or an incorrect cue from the bio … Continue reading Above Sea Level’s Endpapered Does Everything Right For A Play That Goes Wrong

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We Get A Kick Out Of St Hilda’s College’s Anything Goes

REVIEW BY TOM WORSNOP EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY St Hilda’s College stages a sparkling, slick, and sumptuous production of Cole Porter’s musical classic, Anything Goes. The story follows a young Wall Street trader Billy Crocker (Sam Kohler) as he sneaks onto a cruise ship to pursue his true love, Hope Harcourt (Georgia Shell). Along the way, he encounters  mobsters, flees his boss, and gets a … Continue reading We Get A Kick Out Of St Hilda’s College’s Anything Goes

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MJ: The Musical Won’t Stop Until You’re Dancing Too

REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT ‘Study the greats and become greater’ – these scribbled words stand out among the collage of Michael Jackson’s handwritten notes projected onto a scrim. Musicians and dancers file casually onto the stage as the audience is still chatting and drinking. It’s opening night. Excitement and anticipation are buzzing through Her Majesty’s Theatre. In a room of glitter … Continue reading MJ: The Musical Won’t Stop Until You’re Dancing Too

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Queen’s College’s Mamma Mia Is Infectious, Sparkly, And Leaves The Audience On Their Feet!

REVIEW BY GRACE DWYER EDITED BY MYA HELOU Is there any band as crowd pleasing to the Australian public as ABBA? Science says no. And the almost full house (on a Thursday night, too!) for Queen’s College’s Mamma Mia! is absolutely ready for any and all seventies jams the musical is going to throw at them.  The house lights go down, leaving a yellow spotlight … Continue reading Queen’s College’s Mamma Mia Is Infectious, Sparkly, And Leaves The Audience On Their Feet!

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