Melbourne Reviews

Details: Carol Middleton; 14 June 2007

Enlightenment is a realistic piece of theatre that hinges on the disappearance of a young Englishman while overseas. In Scene One, we are brought straight to the heart of the parents’ dilemma as, months later, they still live with no news of their son and no closure.

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 12 June 2007

In a program like this, with no narratives or full length stories to distract from the dancing, technique is crucial.

Details: Nic Velissaris; 07 June 2007

Spring Awakening is a dark and powerful work that features violence, rape, abortion, masturbation, homoerotic love and finally death, but not in a cheap or tawdry fashion.

Details: Matthew Clayfield; 04 June 2007

Wild East is a play that doesn't quite know what it wants to be: a nuanced comedy about corporate culture, a chamber drama about personal betrayal, or a riotous, slapdash cartoon.

Details: Jan Chandler; 04 June 2007

Othello has never been a particular favourite of mine; it grates on the feminist in me – why does Othello believe everyone but his wife? Why is Desdemona so subservient?

Details: Simon Piening; 04 June 2007

From the same producers that brought us the surprise hit Menopause The Musical, comes RESPECT - A Musical Journey of Women.

Details: Carol Middleton; 01 June 2007

Shining City is a cross between a drawing room drama and a play by Pinter, complete with pregnant pauses. Replace the drawing room with a therapist’s consulting room, add a ghost and a touch of postmodernism, and you get the picture.

Details: Matthew Clayfield; 01 June 2007

In more sense than one, Hélène Cixous’ The Perjured City Or, The Awakening of the Furies has history pulsing through its veins.

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