Melbourne Reviews
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- Heather Bloom
Bruce Norris’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama Clybourne Park takes no prisoners as it storms the stage set to amuse and offend everyone present.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
Ethel Chop defies definition. She’s an enigma wrapped in synthetic paisley wrapped in a time warp. Her show needs to be seen to fully appreciate its uniqueness.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
Butler is like a sexy Rowan Atkinson on speed who’s swallowed a dictionary. The show has a terrific combination of wit, quirk, geek and sass.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
Sartre might have said Hell is other people, but I think Dave Callan’s Radio Gaga proves that Comedy is other people, especially when they’re pissed, stoned, or high.
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- Heather Bloom
Presented by I’m Trying To Kiss You as part of the 2011 Melbourne Fringe Festival, the three talented women behind the independent theatre company take you on a whirlwind journey that is sometimes confusing and always amusing in a sharp and witty tale.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Rachel Berger has written a beautiful homage to her parents and to a history that still needs to be remembered, as well as revealing her own heritage which is completely captivating.
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- Heather Bloom
The story is classic, the score epic, the choreography was spot on and the cast was made up of the brightest new stars of Melbourne theatre.
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