Melbourne Reviews

Details: Lola MacMillan; 15 March 2008

The Malthouse Theatre presents Moving Target, a drawn-out, self indulgent exercise in over intellectualizing theatre games.

Details: Vito Mattarelli; 12 March 2008

As the titles suggest, this is not uplifting, safe theatre for or by young people, but rather a social exercise that delves into morality issues and the problems that are encountered on the journey from child to adult.

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 10 March 2008

When a play’s central idea is transformation, the metamorphoses had better be smooth and convincing, and here they are simply implausible.

Details: Nic Velissaris; 10 March 2008

Sydney’s the Wharf Revue has been put on yearly since 1999, and satirizes the people and events of the past year

Details: Paul Andrew; 05 March 2008

This production is a wicked version no less, casting sin - as we once knew it - front and centre into the footlights

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 05 March 2008

Playing to a large, highly appreciative audience, Cesaria Evora and her skilled eight-piece band gave an entrancing, fresh and warm-hearted concert

Details: Georgia Fox; 03 March 2008

These two, one act plays represent the liminal zones where those struggling with their past can rest, and perhaps find solace

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 03 March 2008

The most powerful thing about Ilbijerri’s The Dirty Mile is that it is an experience that does not allow the audience to be complacent.

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