Melbourne Reviews

Details: Dr Daniela Kaleva; 16 February 2009

Focus on Schubert was performed amidst the fire smoke, which kept reminding the artists and viewers of the dreadful disaster and ensuing loss.

Details: Simonne Michelle-Wells; 13 February 2009

The minute I sat in that great space at fortyfive downstairs and looked at the set and the three performers in place on the stage, I knew it was going to be a good show. I wasn’t disappointed

Details: Nikki Thomas; 07 February 2009

Forbidden Broadway | SHooSH! Productions

Hitting its mark in the 2009 Midsumma Festival, Forbidden Broadway is one musical revue with a twist.

Details: Olympia Bowman-Derrick; 06 February 2009

Woyzeck, written by Georg Büchner, is the story of a disturbed soldier who discovers his wife’s infidelity and murders her. Never finished, it remains in four incomplete drafts, and is now considered the first ‘modern’ drama.

Details: Anna Lozynski; 06 February 2009

Wind of Shaolin | Zhengzhou Song and Dance Theatre

It is the strong spiritual undercurrent which distinguishes this large-scale oriental tale of two star crossed lovers who search for their inner Zen in the pursuit of peace and justice.

Details: Paul Kooperman; 03 February 2009

The 39 Steps, “Alfred Hitchcock's classic spy thriller cleverly recreated for the stage”, is back in town, currently playing at the Playhouse Theatre at the Arts Centre.

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 02 February 2009

Poor Boy, the MTC's first presentation in the new Sumner Theatre, is a mixed bag. It places twelve Tim Finn songs in a plot by Matt Cameron, and the result is certainly worth pondering.

Details: Anna Lozynski; 02 February 2009

The legendary Ms Roberta Flack proved that although she and her vocal chords may be a little more fragile at almost 72 years of age, she is still a stunning diva

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