Melbourne Reviews

: Jan Chandler; 07 December 2006

Translations | The Malthouse Theatre

Language and its role in culture and identity is central to this work and it is explored in all its complexity. Do we need to hang on to the language of the past in order to be ourselves?

: Jessica Thomson; 04 December 2006

For Samuel Beckett | The Eleventh Hour

A relatively recent addition to Melbourne’s theatre scene, The Eleventh Hour has quickly established itself as an independent company of note since winning a couple of Green Room awards last year.

: Jan Chandler; 30 November 2006

Requiem For The 20th Century | Theatre @ Risk

A theatrical tour through the 20th century – you'd surely have to be mad to attempt such a work!

: Jessica Thomson; 27 November 2006

Kiss Me, Kate | Ballarat Arts Academy

Photo - Ponch Hawkes

Based loosely on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, Kiss Me Kate was Cole Porter’s most successful musical, sweeping the Tony Awards in 1949 and once again in 2000 following a Broadway revival.

: Phoebe Hartley; 23 November 2006

Almost, Maine | Rubber Dog Productions

Photo - Sandra Rucins

Presented in an appealing format of nine vignettes, Almost, Maine sets the simultaneous interlocking love stories on a chilly Friday night in a mythical North American town.

: Lola MacMillan; 23 November 2006

Babes in the Wood | Malthouse Theatre

Set on the eve of federation, the still current fears of colonial Australia are writ large in this play within a play within a play. The Malthouse Theatre, led by director Michael Kantor, revels in the so-bad-its-good gaudiness of pantomime with this latest production of Babes In The Wood,

: Jan Chandler; 30 November 1999

The Chosen Vessel | Petty Traffikers

In The Chosen Vessel, Melbourne Company Petty Traffikers has brought three short stories by Barbara Baynton, a contemporary of Henry Lawson, to the stage.

: Jan Chandler; 30 November 1999

John Howards Farewell Party | Rod Quantock

In John Howard's Farewell Party Quantock, in his inimitable way, takes his audience on a friendly and rambling journey through his memories of the Howard years.