Melbourne Reviews
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- Jane Canaway
The Empress Erotique show included a mix of local and international acts, and the headline acts definitely nudged the standard up a notch.
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- Diane Stubbings
With the Bill Henson affair still resonating, and the closure, only this week, of another art gallery after accusations of child pornography, you might expect Fraught Outfit’s adaptation of On the Bodily Education of Young Girls to have something of a dangerous edge to it.
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- Vivienne Mah
The tale of Peter Pan is firmly ingrained in our childhood, both as a whirling reverie of possibilities entertained by dreamers that hoped to escalate past the normality of a second grader, and a quiet guide to the frightening road of adulthood ahead.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Phèdre, a reworking of a Greek tragedy by 17th century French playwright Racine, is regularly produced in France but little known in Australia so do grab the opportunity offered by Bell Shakespeare to see it at the Malthouse.
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- Diane Stubbings
Into this world, Sydney playwright Noelle Janaczewska transplants characters from The Merchant of Venice. It is ten years after the events of Shakespeare's play.
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- Lee Bemrose
In the end, I honestly don't get what all the five star reviews are about. I wanted to like this show, I really did, and I love good humour, but One Man, Two Guvnors just didn't do it for me.
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- Dione Joseph
A satisfying production with a strong cast and some very good writing, True Love Travels On a Gravel Road is definitely a journey worth taking.
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