Melbourne Reviews

Details: Liza Dezfouli; 10 February 2011

Bracka is a comic genius in the same league as Chris Lilley, Sean Micallef and John Safran.

Details: Kim Pinker; 02 February 2011

Who could possibly save the failing Golden Apple Ballroom Dancing Studio and its fearless femme leader Helen from ruin?

Details: Simonne Michelle-Wells; 30 January 2011

Candy Royalle is a dreadlocked, rapping, crooning poet with a remarkable gift for stringing words together and giving them a dark, twisted edge.

Details: Dione Joseph; 29 January 2011

The poster of Dark Summer is deceptive. It promises sex and heat, mystery and illusion yet what is delivered is not quite what anybody is expecting.

Details: Dione Joseph; 28 January 2011

Based on the late nineteenth century play of the same title by Frank Wendelkind, Spring Awakening is more popularly known today as an off-Broadway rock musical

Details: Liza Dezfouli; 25 January 2011

It says much about the culture of our wonderfully curious arts community that the second programme's opening night was sold out, and this for unfinished shows!

Details: Vito Mattarelli; 24 January 2011

To the opening sounds of a 7-piece band, an apparition appears on stage. She sounds a lot like Liza. She moves somewhat like Liza. There's the Liza laugh.

Details: Simonne Michelle-Wells; 22 January 2011

The problem with a simple premise is that sometimes a production doesn’t stray far enough from this simplicity. There is so much more emotional ground that could have been covered to give the play and the characters more complexity.

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