

David Mamet’s Oleanna is a finely-balanced expose of the impact of intellectualism out of control. Behind the cool façade of academic arguments the lives of the two characters are unraveling.

Mixed Salad’s Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune is a sweet and funny play that is a deceptively complex, modern-day love story.


A Melbourne Symphony Orchestra concert with an all-Australian program is a rare thing, but then the Melbourne International Arts Festival specialises in promoting rare, unusual and interesting art.

While the first concert of the series Seven Words unlocked a fountain of novel experience for musicians and audience, the second concert left mixed sentiments.

In The Dictionary of Imaginary Places I experienced the frustration of spending almost the entire production searching for a narrative in a show where you’re clearly meant to come up with your own.