Melbourne Reviews

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 10 March 2008

When a play’s central idea is transformation, the metamorphoses had better be smooth and convincing, and here they are simply implausible.

Details: Nic Velissaris; 10 March 2008

Sydney’s the Wharf Revue has been put on yearly since 1999, and satirizes the people and events of the past year

Details: Paul Andrew; 05 March 2008

This production is a wicked version no less, casting sin - as we once knew it - front and centre into the footlights

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 05 March 2008

Playing to a large, highly appreciative audience, Cesaria Evora and her skilled eight-piece band gave an entrancing, fresh and warm-hearted concert

Details: Georgia Fox; 03 March 2008

These two, one act plays represent the liminal zones where those struggling with their past can rest, and perhaps find solace

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 03 March 2008

The most powerful thing about Ilbijerri’s The Dirty Mile is that it is an experience that does not allow the audience to be complacent.

Details: Nic Velissaris; 02 March 2008

Rock 'n' Roll | Melbourne Theatre Company

The question that lingers for an Australian audience is: How does this play, about the artistic and personal compromises made under communism and its impact on Czechoslovakian history, relate to us?

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 26 February 2008

Born in England to an English father and Sri Lankan mother, this olive skinned beauty grew up in Queensland, but has honed her skills in London and New York

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