Melbourne Reviews

Details: Jan Chandler; 30 November 2006

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

Details: Jessica Thomson; 27 November 2006

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.

Details: Phoebe Hartley; 23 November 2006

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.

Details: Lola MacMillan; 23 November 2006

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,

Details: Jan Chandler; 30 November 1999

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

Details: Jan Chandler; 30 November 1999

John Howard’s 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.

Details: Jan Chandler; 30 November 1999

Brother Boy by Nic Velissaris is very Greek, very Australian and very Melbourne, and it is clearly very personal.

Details: Jan Chandler; 30 November 1999

Dolly Diamond returns to Midsumma with her trademark bitchiness, acid one-liners, talent at reworking the lyrics of songs to hilarious effect and her 13 piece big band.