Melbourne Reviews
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- Liza Dezfouli
Patricia Cornelius and director Susie Dee, collaborators in theatre for over 30 years, team up for another production – Big Heart.
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- Patrick Barton
Technically speaking, this is not a complex play. However, so crisp and affective is the simplicity of the piece, that anything more would be needlessly complicated.
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- Heather Bloom
The minimalist setting and strength of the script combined with the talent of the actor’s keeps the audience on the edge of their seats without ever pushing for thrills.
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- Simon Piening
In 1992, The Bodyguard was the second-highest grossing film of the year, behind Disney’s smash hit animated feature, Aladdin. Twenty-five years later, both films have been turned into stage productions and both of those, by sheer coincidence, are currently playing in Melbourne.
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- Catherine Della Bosca
Jacob Rajan delivers an utterly sublime performance, portraying all seventeen characters in the Guru of Chai – an award winning and original work from decorated New Zealand theatre company, Indian Ink.
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- Annika Priest
Five years ago three young women danced a punk prayer in a Moscow cathedral dressed in brightly coloured frocks and balaclavas, a brilliant juxtaposition of femininity and menace.
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- Heather Bloom
Female friendship is a funny thing. Both complex, and nurturing we are often taught to be competitors yet grow to become each other’s greatest fans instead. At the very heart of Amelia Bullmore’s play is the enduring nature of female friendship and how vital it is in emotional development.
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