Melbourne Reviews

Details: Lola MacMillan; 24 May 2007

This is a tragic/comic inspection of viciousness, the process of writing and the getting of inspiration, all set in the somehow twin worlds of a totalitarian dictatorship and of fairytales.

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 21 May 2007

Actor Chris Wallace, born in Ohio, but now a resident and citizen of Australia, says Twain is ‘his kind of American’, and it is easy to see why.

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 20 May 2007

Bennett is a capable storyteller and performer, weaving music with yarns and bringing to life her personal history in an engaging and lively show.

Details: Matthew Clayfield; 20 May 2007

Checklist for an Armed Robber remains an ambitious and compelling piece. Its shortcomings, while not negligible, are considerably fewer than its strengths.

Details: Carol Middleton; 19 May 2007

Guy is still a number one Idol, charming and charismatic. His manner onstage was confident, relaxed, happy and self-effacing.

Details: Simon Piening; 19 May 2007

Somewhat ironically, given the nature of the play, Bell Shakespeare’s current production of Macbeth suffers from a distinct lack of ambition.

Details: Nic Velissaris; 18 May 2007

Knowledge is a dangerous thing. If you have too little then you don’t fully understand what’s happening around you, there’s no proper context, but if you have too much then you’re likely to draw false conclusions or to take things for granted.

Details: Nic Velissaris; 18 May 2007

Meet Blasko Tupper, she’s not your ordinary teenager. Her parents are extremely eccentric, mad-scientists-a- part-of-a-secret-society kind of eccentric, but this time they’ve gone too far.

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