Melbourne Reviews

Details: Nikki Thomas; 10 January 2008

Don Juan in Soho | Melbourne Theatre Company

Patrick Marber’s finely crafted script closely follows Moliere’s interpretation of the character and catapults him into the 21st Century with an individual and contemporary spin.

Details: Avi Lipski; 23 December 2007

Don We Now Our Gay Apparel | Caity Fowler, Emma Rule and Elle Sejean

Don We Now Our Gay Apparel has everything you'd expect from a Christmas show: carols with nifty harmonies, jokes about wrapping presents, and a twisted take on a traditional Christmas tale

Details: Carol Middleton; 20 December 2007

The final ten of the Top 30 on show this week range from the excellently written and performed to the interesting but unprofessional or patently predictable.

Details: Briony Kidd; 19 December 2007

Charles Dickens Performs A Christmas Carol | Eagles Nest Theatre

Much of A Christmas Carol is about having a good time; not selfishly but wholeheartedly, as though it’s actually a duty to do so

Details: Briony Kidd; 17 December 2007

The Lounge Set is retro cool in the same way that lawn bowls became hip a few years ago or that bar in Melbourne where you can sip on Pimms in an atmosphere reminiscent of a 1950s garden party

Details: Nikki Thomas; 17 December 2007

Original, saucy, erotic and just simply hilarious is only beginning to describe the collaborative efforts of performance artist Moira Finucane and Patrick White Award Winner Jackie Smith

Details: Briony Kidd; 14 December 2007

Time with Mrs Thompson is a new riff on an old subject – a young man meets an older woman

Details: Paul Andrew; 10 December 2007

Set against the backdrop of idyllic mountain range, The Brindabella’s, this surreal tale jump cuts between fantasy, love, masculinity and femininity as the four dancers grapple with the beasties within

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