Melbourne Reviews
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- Jane Canaway
Imagine waking from a drugged sleep – there are voices and people but you’re not sure what’s going on or if any of it makes sense. A frog croaks – or was it someone pretending to be a frog?
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- Liza Dezfouli
Melbourne academic and playwright Enzo Condello’s ambitious play asks, and answers, the question: who was Shakespeare thinking of when he wrote such lines as ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’
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- Vito Mattarelli
I'll Eat You Last is a wonderful tribute to an amazing woman. It is funny, touching and without too much theatricality. It is a conversation with someone who sees the world as it is and is not afraid to voice an opinion.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Passion is at times challenging, yet haunting, dark yet quite emotional. This is a risky work for any company to attempt, and not commercially attractive.
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- Jan Chandler
Last night the audience at the Melbourne Recital Centre was treated to the glorious harmonies and pure tones of the British a capella group Black Voices.
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- Simon Piening
Encompassing everything from the sub atomic matter that constitutes our physical being, to the relationships that give our lives meaning, Am I is an ambitious exploration of what it is to be human.
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- Vito Mattarelli
From its snappy opening with the four leads singing the title song, the audience knows that they are in for a fun show.
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- Simon Piening
Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday explores the ‘bookends of a life fully lived.’
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