Melbourne Reviews

: Lola MacMillan; 23 March 2007

Walking With Dinosaurs - the Live Experience

This is a spectacular event, with a suitably immodest light show. The dinosaurs (yes, the DINOSAURS) are big and fleshy, with movements used to good contrasted effect.

: Matthew Clayfield; 19 March 2007

Ashes to Ashes | fortyfivedownstairs

When we enter the space, descending two flights of stairs in single file, the world outside is still a deep, but darkening, blue; when we leave it, an hour later, night has (irrevocably?) fallen.

: Matthew Clayfield; 19 March 2007

The Bald Soprano | Absurd Productions

A nettled thicket of social critique, violently funny and hysterically violent, the theatre of Eugène Ionesco is a theatre of modern entropy.

: Stephanie Glickman; 19 March 2007

Don Quixote | Australian Ballet

Friday’s opening night performance marked the company’s 383rd performance of it. That’s a lot of practice at getting it right!

: Jan Chandler; 19 March 2007

Love Child | HIT Productions

Joanna Murray-Smith's Love Child is a beautifully crafted play that works both on a personal and a political level, whilst never falling into preachiness.

: Paul Andrew; 19 March 2007

The Ghost Writer | Melbourne Theatre Company

Behind every great sporting hero “autobiography” hovering in the background is a humble ghostwriter.

: Lola MacMillan; 15 March 2007

Sinners | La Mama

Ostensibly this is a play about the resilience of humanity and its propensity to go to extremes.

: Paul Andrew; 14 March 2007

Harp On The Willow | Ensemble Productions

Harp on the Willow is ultimately a search-for-god play. It sublimely and comically, unpacks what people do when faced with the schism between ancient tradition and a new generation's hopes.