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Bags Packed But Nowhere To Hide: Away At The Theatre On Chester
At the Theatre on Chester, the space itself becomes part of the storytelling. Its cosy intimacy draws the audience in, dissolving the boundary between stag...
Australia Day – Therry Theatre
Australia Day is Jonathan Biggins’ satirical look at the workings of rural councils and in particular an Australia Day organising committee. While the cast...
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...
Daddy Daycare
Imagine: you walk into the Motley Bauhaus Theatrette (a place well renowned for its indie theatre) to the tune of the Playschool theme song, as...
The Woman Behind the Canvas
Disclaimer: This production has strobe lights and covers topics of mental health issues. Ask any Western Australian resident about the Fremantle Art Ce...
One Man, Two Guvnors
Melbourne is no stranger to unusual, intimate show venues, but it takes a lot of creativity, planning and passion to make full use of unconventional...
Who I’m Doing This For
(Note: This is a review of a play presented as the second half of a double billing. Melbourne Writers’ Theatre is showing Metropolis Monologues across...
The Game Is Afoot… And Slightly Off The Rails
I had the pleasure of attending The Lost Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Innes Lloyd last night as part of the Melbourne Comedy festival and...
We Laughed, We Cried, We Grooved, We Swooned!
Wow. Yesterday was the International Day of Trans Visibility, and what better way to honour such an important occasion than by seeing Cassie Hamilton’s hyp...
Metropolis Monologues Showcase Two
(Note: Metropolis Monologues is presented in two groups, and each night the monologues are followed by the play Who I’m Doing This For by Peter...
Metropolis Monologues: Showcase One
(Note: Metropolis Monologues is presented in two groups, and each night the monologues are followed by the play Who I’m Doing This For by Peter...
The Graduate
A comedic stage adaptation of the infamous coming-of-age story, The Graduate follows wide-eyed and woefully awkward Benjamin Braddock (Mitch Doran) as his ...
