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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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Old dogs speak with new tricks in ‘William Shakespeare’s Reservoir Dogs’

REVIEWED BY KIERA EDELSTEIN EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER The palimpsest of all stories ever, wherein sediments of human experience over millennia each pose fruitful matter for excavation, has delivered us into an age where the only logical answer seems to be adaption. A successful adaption must take old works and reconstructing them to find new meanings and new audiences, while maintaining truthful to its source(s). … Continue reading Old dogs speak with new tricks in ‘William Shakespeare’s Reservoir Dogs’

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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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Panic At The Disco: MUSC’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

REVIEW BY ASHLEIGH SHEARMAN EDITED BY BRONTE LEMAIRE Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is perhaps one of the most beloved and performed plays of all time: a story about the messiness and beauty of love and relationships. Josh Drake and the MUSC committee lean into these aspects in their production, adding a modern twist to the classic tale. As I first enter the Guild Theatre, I … Continue reading Panic At The Disco: MUSC’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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MUSC’s Othello: Exposing the Immortal Parts of Ourselves

REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY MYA HELOU As the lights dim in the Union Theatre, the audience buzzes and latecomers scurry in, not wanting to miss the beginning of the show. My pen is in my hand, and I flip it between my fingers anxiously – or, perhaps, excitedly (the line between the two is very blurry). I have seen Othello performed before, professional … Continue reading MUSC’s Othello: Exposing the Immortal Parts of Ourselves

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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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Touching and Tragic: MUSC’s HAML3T Takes Centre Stage Once More

HAML3T once again showcased the impressive skill of the cast, crew and production team and their teamwork. The heavy list of content warnings did not prepare the audience for the beautifully handled tragedy of the performance, though perhaps its father piece Hamlet should have. Continue reading Touching and Tragic: MUSC’s HAML3T Takes Centre Stage Once More

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Plastic Shakespeare: There’s Something Fresher in The State of Shakespeare

MUSC’s Plastic Shakespeare presents two short plays based on the idea that Shakespeare can be on the one hand useful and malleable and on the other garish and opaque. The two very different works, Hamlet by the Pool and Engraft, equally enliven and update the bard while complicating our understanding of his modern-day relevance. Written and directed by Isobel Milne, Hamlet By The Pool is a punchy, pacey and … Continue reading Plastic Shakespeare: There’s Something Fresher in The State of Shakespeare

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