Melbourne Reviews

Details: Vito Mattarelli; 16 May 2009

In a quietly understated production, director Stuart Maunder and his creative team have given audiences a simple, yet romantic staging of one of Sondheim's most popular works.

Details: Penelope Broadbent; 15 May 2009

This work takes its audience on an adventure far greater than that which they have come to expect from the glossy images of island life that abound.

Details: Simonne Michelle-Wells; 15 May 2009

A Dream Play is the kind of play that seriously divides an audience into those who shift uncomfortably in their seats, and those who nod and murmur in delight as the play progresses

Details: Rachel Orzech; 15 May 2009

It is not often that a small chamber ensemble has the chance to take a concert series on national tour in Australia, but I can see why this rare opportunity has been given to TRIOZ.

Details: Anna Lozynski; 15 May 2009

In a fastidious and exhilarating production, the Company delivers exquisite movement, sensory stimulation, and suspense.

Details: Nikki Thomas; 12 May 2009

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me | West East Theatre

In April 1986, Irish author Brian Keenan was taken hostage in Lebanon. Abducted on his way to work at the American University of Beirut, he was kept captive for four and a half years

Details: Simon Piening; 12 May 2009

In Leaves of Glass, two brothers do their best to forget their traumatic past.

Details: Danu Poyner; 10 May 2009

Speed-the-Plow | Human Sacrifice Theatre

To be pure or to profit? It's an age-old theme that Speed-the-Plow tackles in David Mamet's trademark style - sharp, gritty and no holds barred.

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