Melbourne Reviews

Details: Penelope Broadbent; 29 November 2008

She wears a gold sequined dress and a halo of blonde hair. She is dreamy, feisty, and knows a thing or two. Quite simply, Abby Dobson glows.

Details: Paul Kooperman; 24 November 2008

Collapse is a performance filled with powerful images and a strong set, sound and multimedia design.

Details: Nikki Thomas; 22 November 2008

What follows is an hour of absolute absurdity, breath taking choreography and a vast insight into the creative genius of both men.

Details: Olympia Bowman-Derrick; 21 November 2008

Shakespeare’s Othello – the classic tragedy of deceit, revenge, love, and jealousy... in essence, all the makings for the spectacle and drama that is opera.

Details: Bron Batten; 21 November 2008

Death in White Linen | High Performance Company

Death in White Linen tells the story of Brian Kennedy, a ten pound pom from a working class background, then Barrister and socialite whose rise through the circles of Melbourne’s polite society was strategic and coldly business-like.

Details: Penelope Broadbent; 20 November 2008

The Ruffian On The Stair | Le Poulet Terrible

This is a play with some great dark humour and two outstanding lead performances, and under the direction of Alice Bishop, it turns the mundane into the intriguing.

Details: Carol Middleton; 17 November 2008

Charles Dickens Performs A Christmas Carol

Onto the stage strode a magnificent figure in immaculate suit and Dickens’s trademark bushy beard, a rose in his buttonhole. Phil Zachariah embodied the charismatic Dickens.

Details: Paul Kooperman; 17 November 2008

This week the VCA Music Theatre Department and VCA Production Department present The Boy from Oz, the hit musical based on the life and songs of Peter Allen.

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