Melbourne Reviews
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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
Melbourne has been invaded by pirates. The Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta The Pirates of Penzance, that is.
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- Eleanor Howlett
All That Is Wrong is a gentle journey that packs a powerful punch. The limited season during the festival is a crying shame. Here’s hoping they’re back here again soon.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Minsk is ruled in the old-school soviet style, secret police, artistic, intellectual and cultural censorship, political repression, state executions even. None of the performers can work in Belarus and most are based elsewhere, predominantly the UK.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Irish performer Rory O'Neill's drag queen Panti is a commanding stage presence. 'You will love me' is the start and finish of her show. A consummate story teller is Panti, and a most unlikely product of rural Ireland's County Mayo.
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- Liza Dezfouli
This is one of the beguiling aspects to this odd style of theatre. A story is taken from the storyteller and given over to a performance completely divorced from the narrative.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Lewis makes a splendid monarch and most of the best moments in this production are his. Kamahl Djordan as his Fool tends to steal the show, his rapport with Lear is personal, touching and lively.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Gunn's hilarious as a performer and this work depends greatly on her focus. That she can come up with something like this and avoid any charge of self-indulgence is extraordinary.
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