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The Eternally Hopeful
The Eternally Hopeful is an uplifting and beautifully sad song cycle. Containing several vignettes, four actors tell small stories with big emotions across...
Beyond Good and Evil: Lord of the Flies Examines the Darkness Within
In today’s world, where the terms ‘unpredictability’ and ‘uncertainty’ have become part of our everyday vocabulary, is it no wonder that we, as a society,...
Holy Fool
Holy Fool follows the story of Francis of Assisi (Fabio Motta) as he lives a complex turbulent life. Despite the title, I found the character...
Savages: Drama Below The Decks
When a dramatically-drawn stage, set impressively as a stark deck of a cruise ship is cast in blue lighting, with unnerving music pounding from the...
Big Religion: A Divine Tale of Saints, Sinners & Disco Dance Winners
In an ever-changing world, there may be times where we feel the need more for meaning in our lives. More purpose. More direction. For this...
Like A Bird Who Longs To Fly: A Woman’s Road To Freedom
In today’s world, what does it mean to be free? Is it a feeling of liberation from the rules that society dictates, or is it...
William Shakespeare’s Reservoir Dogs
To quickly address the obvious question: no, you don’t need to have seen Reservoir Dogs to enjoy this show…but it does help. I went to...
The Wolves
The Wolves began with one of the girls warming up for soccer. As the soccer player #13 (Kristie Kriaris-Tsotras) warmed up, so too did the...
SAINTING JOAN: A New Rock Musical
‘Sainting Joan’ playing now! Saint Peter’s Basilica is filled to the brim with spirits as preparation for the sainting begins. Nearly five hundred years...
Red Sky Morning
Tom Holloway’s award-winning play, Red Sky Morning, has returned to Melbourne at TheatreWorks, St Kilda, having been developed originally through Red Stitc...
Mara
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending the opening night of the newest production at Theatre Works. ‘Mara’ is a triumph of re-imagining, cleverly...
The Effect – Dopamine, Love, or Both?
I’m already fairly familiar with The Effect by Lucy Prebble when I sit down in the Theatre Works audience, the play having first debuted in...
