Melbourne Reviews

Details: Nic Velissaris; 10 April 2007

Mr O. Bleak is having a bad day, he is trying desperately to get to work on time to hand his report in and get a promotion.

Details: Matthew Clayfield; 09 April 2007

Played for progressively darker comic effect until the comedy is so black that it’s no longer funny, the guards are nasty pieces of work, lewd, vindictive and increasingly violent.

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 09 April 2007

Sam Simmons’ new show, teasingly titled The Sex and Science of Boredom, is a loony, loopy, nutty, nerdy winner.

Details: Lola MacMillan; 07 April 2007

It’s Not Big, It’s Not Clever is stand-up comic Mark Butler’s foray into the wicked world of swearing.

Details: Anna Lozynski; 07 April 2007

Amos delivers, joke after joke, centred on the themes of religion, hypocrisy and life’s pressures, all while he is essentially relaying his experiences of growing up in London

Details: Jan Chandler; 06 April 2007

Anderson effortlessly creates a kaleidoscope of characters; a twist of a limb, a tweak of the voice and they are there on stage.

Details: Nic Velissaris; 06 April 2007

Houghton runs through a gamut of characters, emotions and increasingly absurd movie storylines as we watch his alter-ego Walter Weinermann create the film that he is about to pitch.

Details: Lola MacMillan; 04 April 2007

Sue Ingleton’s latest show is a soft-hearted tribute to the hardiness and perversity of old age.

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