Melbourne Reviews

Details: Carol Middleton; 21 February 2007

Under Milk Wood was first performed by Dylan Thomas and three actors in America, and the four-person format is used again in this production.

Details: Matthew Clayfield; 20 February 2007

LaBute’s cycle of plays is the very definition of the term ‘variations on a theme’. A series of slow-burn mono and duologues, each set in the front seat of a car, the cycle serves, sometimes too explicitly, as a kind of social rap sheet.

Details: Jan Chandler; 16 February 2007

Europe is funny and at times poignant as Douglas and Barbara struggle to meet across the divide of time and differing expectations.

Details: Paul Andrew; 14 February 2007

Melbourne based playwright Julia Britton has earned herself a fabulous moniker - the oldest emerging playwright in the world.

Details: Lola MacMillan; 12 February 2007

Multi-skilled, charismatic, with an impressive emotional range, Cerini has created an award winning piece of work in association with sound designer Kelly Ryall.

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 12 February 2007

A skilled actor, mimic and story-teller, Hussey performs his own writing with energy and deft authority, if somewhat broadly, aided by well-planned changes of pace and mood, and ably assisted by an excellent sound and lighting design.

Details: Paul Andrew; 10 February 2007

Toby Milk’s heartfelt quiet rage is a journey of absurdity and episodic dysfunction; it is also infinitely believable, thanks to an enthusiastic ensemble performance.

Details: Carol Middleton; 09 February 2007

Renato Cuocolo and Roberta Bosetti of IRAA Theatre are challenging the conventions of theatre once again with their latest production The Nature of Things.

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