Melbourne Reviews

: Anna Lozynski; 04 March 2007

Birthday | Flip Stage and Screen

The play is disappointing and does not meet the thematic challenges set by its creators.

: Darryl Emmerson; 03 March 2007

All My Sons | Melbourne Theatre Company

All My Sons is a good example of traditional, well-made drama, based on ideas of responsibility and integrity, and a plot both deeply considered and soundly constructed.

: Jan Chandler; 01 March 2007

The Messiah | HotHouse Theatre

This is a highly comic and eccentric re-telling of the Nativity story produced by an amateur theatre company of three! Be ready for some segues back and forth in time, visual and verbal comedy, a touch of opera and some impressive sound effects including kookaburras and possums!

: Darryl Emmerson; 25 February 2007

Ground Elastic Sound | Dead Horse Ensemble

The group uses electronic and recorded, as well as live music, and gives some importance to visual design and staging. This wide-ranging perspective certainly lends considerable interest to its performances, but the results are mixed.

: Jessica Thomson; 24 February 2007

A Midsummer Nights Dream | Australian Shakespeare Company

With its somersaulting ‘acro-fairies’, a punch-up between leading ladies Hermia and Helena, and a completely manic Puck inclined to moon the audience at whim, this is one revved up, madcap production of what is arguably Shakepeare’s best-loved comedy.

: Jan Chandler; 24 February 2007

The Spook | Malthouse Theatre

The Spook was inspired by the true story of a young man recruited by ASIO in the 1960s and asked to masquerade as a communist whilst spying on his local party branch. However, as Reeves assures us in her program notes, The Spook is a totally fictional and sometimes ludicrous version of the story.

: Anna Lozynski; 22 February 2007

Angels With Dirty Faces | 9Minds

We become engrossed in the web of intricacy of this Chilton 'clique' as we are exposed to each boy's personalities and learn of their contribution to the group dynamic.