Melbourne Reviews

Details: Nic Velissaris; 25 March 2007

The show is at its best when it indulges in the naturally dark world of betrayal and courtly intrigues, as it succeeds in drawing you into the twisted minds of the Macbeth’s.

Details: Lola MacMillan; 23 March 2007

This is a spectacular event, with a suitably immodest light show. The dinosaurs (yes, the DINOSAURS) are big and fleshy, with movements used to good contrasted effect.

Details: Matthew Clayfield; 19 March 2007

When we enter the space, descending two flights of stairs in single file, the world outside is still a deep, but darkening, blue; when we leave it, an hour later, night has (irrevocably?) fallen.

Details: Matthew Clayfield; 19 March 2007

A nettled thicket of social critique, violently funny and hysterically violent, the theatre of Eugène Ionesco is a theatre of modern entropy.

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 19 March 2007

Friday’s opening night performance marked the company’s 383rd performance of it. That’s a lot of practice at getting it right!

Details: Jan Chandler; 19 March 2007

Joanna Murray-Smith's Love Child is a beautifully crafted play that works both on a personal and a political level, whilst never falling into preachiness.

Details: Paul Andrew; 19 March 2007

Behind every great sporting hero “autobiography” hovering in the background is a humble ghostwriter.

Details: Lola MacMillan; 15 March 2007

Ostensibly this is a play about the resilience of humanity and its propensity to go to extremes.

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