Melbourne Reviews

Details: Olympia Bowman-Derrick; 17 August 2008

The Victorian Opera Company seems to have stolen Dr Dulcamara's recipe – and found the elixir that hits the spot with opera lovers!

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 16 August 2008

The presentation is crisp and surreal and, while the images frequently recur, Genty does not visually overload the stage at any one time.

Details: Paul Andrew; 16 August 2008

This Oz incarnation of the much lauded off Broadway hit has all the right stuff - satire, sex, sin and soul.

Details: Olympia Bowman-Derrick; 15 August 2008

Sneakers = shoes – like Converses, right? Wrong. In 2021, thirteen years from now, Sneakers are forbidden, Sneakers are breaking the law, Sneakers are sneaky, sinister, sex-obsessed teenagers (...you would have thought more would have changed in thirteen years!).

Details: Carol Middleton; 15 August 2008

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof | Melbourne Theatre Company

Tennessee Williams considered Cat on a Hot Tin Roof his best play. The themes, which are universal and profound, climax in a dialogue between Brick and Big Daddy with the eloquence and drama that make for brilliant theatre.

Details: Bron Batten; 14 August 2008

No Success Like Failure | The Fondue Set

The Fondue Set’s new show No Success Like Failure explores the slippery notions of expectation, disappointment and failure through a fractured combination of dance, physical theatre, text and song.

Details: Paul Andrew; 12 August 2008

Blood red lighting sets an alchemical mood. A sense of foreboding prevails. Axe wielding dancers, setting to an absurd task.

Details: Bron Batten; 10 August 2008

The Burlesque Hour takes the cabaret form back to it’s origins, presenting pointed, political, intelligent, funny, grotesque and deeply sexy explorations of femininity, stereotype and gender.

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