Melbourne Reviews
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- Jane Canaway
For a chance to see Britain’s Hot New Things before they become household names, the tapas board that is New Order UK offers a rotating line-up featuring perfect bite-sized morsels of some excellent new talent.
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- Liza Dezfouli
It’s not hard to ‘get in the mood’ for Endgame, as relevant now as when it was first written; a timeless portrayal of futility, of waste, of power struggle and desecration. Or you can see it as a psychic personal hell; it’s up to you.
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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
When a comedian is successfully delivering his material to an audience in a foreign language, and is still able to generate laughs, that’s pretty damn incredible. Such is the case with Venezuelan-born Ivan Aristeguieta.
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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
Laughter, it's said, is the best medicine. Research has concluded that laughter reduces pain, brings down blood sugar levels and relieves stress.
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- Liza Dezfouli
UK writer Paddy Campbell is enjoying a monster success with his first full-length play, Wet House. Red Stitch Actors Theatre brings us the Melbourne premiere and it's a winner.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Well it may not be important, but this wonderful collection of personal anecdotes and passages from her favourite writers is yet another masterful performance from one of our most cherished performers.
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- Jane Canaway
This simple yet intensely layered performance deserves to be one of the stand-out shows of this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
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