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Details: 17 March 2010

From the rigid, unforgiving box set, to the delicate simplicity of its marvellous performers, to Michael Gow’s unassuming dialogue, the play is replete with this marvellous juxtaposition of natural simplicity with deep pathos.

Details: 17 March 2010

Unfortunately, what we see instead is almost the very antithesis of the ethos of innovation and vitality upon which this company was founded. Sadly the production is, at best, pedestrian.

Details: 15 March 2010

I Have a Date with Spring is charming in parts but a little cheesy in others, which I suspect would not be considered a criticism by the musical’s creators.

Details: 14 March 2010

The Bear/Angélique is a light double-bill on the theme of love.

Details: 13 March 2010

In Richard III, Shakespeare has left us one of the greatest challenges to the willing suspension of disbelief ever created.

Details: 13 March 2010

The Sound and the Fury excels in portraying a southern family, warts and all, but it is a discordant sound, one that is hard to follow.

Details: 11 March 2010

The last place I expected to hear a joke about the government's insulation scheme was in a performance of The Barber of Seville. But that was only one of many pleasant surprises in Melbourne Opera's latest production of Rossini's enduring classic.

Details: 10 March 2010

Meow Meow is a very different kinda kitten, with teeth and claws, which put her at the cutting-edge of what might be called alternative, or indie, cabaret.

Toy Symphony | QTC & State Theatre Company of SA

King Lear | Bell Shakespeare Company

I Have A Date With Spring - The Musical

The Bear & Angelique | Victorian Opera

Richard III | Everyman Theatre

The Sound and the Fury | Elevator Repair Service

The Barber of Seville | Melbourne Opera

Crisis is Born: Again | Meow Meow