Can you picture yourself without a camera phone? Or, worse, can you imagine your phone on display to your friends, revealing every spicy selfie, sensitive medical appointment and spam calls that are definitely not your side-chick trying to tell you that she’s pregnant? Continue reading MUCTG’s Kill Mobile: What Dirty Secrets are you Hiding in Your Phone?
After years of online shows and activities, the Melbourne University Chinese Theatre Group (MUCTG) returned with a highly anticipated bang. How high? How about the “selling out closing night in five hours” kind of high. Continue reading MUCTG’s The Hostage: Sometimes Getting Robbed is Good for You
Typically I wouldn’t resort to plagiarism to write a review, but “in light of tHeSe UnCeRtAiN tImEs”… I’ve evolved. Watching musicals in theatres is so 2019. Zoomsicals – that is, a musical comedy on Zoom – are where the action’s at. No longer bound by the laws of “respectability” and “integrity”, this year it’s perfectly acceptable to watch live shows with no pants, in a bathtub, or just anywhere but a brick-and-mortar venue. Yes, I’m talking about Medleys 2020 – Spa Wars: A New Soap. Continue reading Spa Wars: No Spa, All Soap
Ah, the circus: a place of mystery, fascination and wonder – where the limits of the human body are explored, broken and reimagined, right in front of your eyes. Live performances may not be possible right now, but I’d argue that Cirque du Soleil’s online 60-minute specials give an even better up close and personal view. Continue reading Cirque du Soleil: Join the Circus, See the World
What do you find when you ferment all the mystique of the Harry Potter series with underbudget student theatre and absurdist American college humour? A Very Potter Musical. It’s a totally awesome, light-hearted, and strangely moving production that will have you laughing from lights up to curtain close. Continue reading A Very Potter Musical: (Re)finding Magic
Times may change, but the surreal voyeurism that Hamlet offers remains a constant source of entertainment for generations. Even then, this production stands out in its rawness, stripping Hamlet down – figuratively and literally – to its dirty, bloody, bones. Front row audience beware, blood splatter imminent. Continue reading Hamlet: The Madness of Isolation
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