Melbourne Reviews

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 19 March 2007

Friday’s opening night performance marked the company’s 383rd performance of it. That’s a lot of practice at getting it right!

Details: Jan Chandler; 19 March 2007

Joanna Murray-Smith's Love Child is a beautifully crafted play that works both on a personal and a political level, whilst never falling into preachiness.

Details: Paul Andrew; 19 March 2007

Behind every great sporting hero “autobiography” hovering in the background is a humble ghostwriter.

Details: Lola MacMillan; 15 March 2007

Ostensibly this is a play about the resilience of humanity and its propensity to go to extremes.

Details: Paul Andrew; 14 March 2007

Harp on the Willow is ultimately a search-for-god play. It sublimely and comically, unpacks what people do when faced with the schism between ancient tradition and a new generation's hopes.

Details: Jan Chandler; 12 March 2007

Rabbit Hole is powerful, moving and beautifully understated.

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 11 March 2007

Improvisational dance performance is often more challenging for audiences than performers. Viewers need a great deal of patience, as they wait for the resonating moments when performers, sound, and visuals unite in mesmerizing synergies.

Details: Kellie Heywood; 10 March 2007

GoD BE IN MY MouTH’s Grace is essentially an extended domestic between three members of a long-estranged family conducted on a roof-top while three pigeon-headed people gambol about in the background.

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