Melbourne Reviews

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.

Details: Melita Pereira; 16 November 2008

The sound of dripping water and silhouettes illuminated against a blackened stage draw us in.

Details: Carol Middleton; 14 November 2008

The Hypocrite | Melbourne Theatre Company

Outstanding among the actors is Garry McDonald, who blasts on to the stage with a tempestuous energy, sweeping the play along in a torrent of words.

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