Melbourne Reviews
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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
Who needs television soap operas when you can go to the mother of all drama, that of a honest-to-goodness Greek tragedy — Medea, with a seemingly simple plot, actually laden with juicy, scandalous, even insane twists and turns, which will appeal and shock at the same time.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Set is a gently amusing piece. It’s playful, enjoying its visual puns and the juxtaposition of everyone’s favourite love song against a literal interpretation of the words, a shift from the earlier dominant droning music.
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- Lee Bemrose
Epic. Dreamlike. Nightmarish. Disturbing. Confronting. Thrilling. Biblical. Poetic. Perfect theatre. Go see it.
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- Vito Mattarelli
About 30 years ago Willy Russell wrote a small scale musical, one that went on to become one of the longest running on the West End. Blood Brothers may have been small in scale, but its themes were as epic as any Greek tragedy.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Celebrating Victorian Opera's 10th anniversary year, and completing their Sondheim trilogy, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Musical Thriller (whew!), is a welcome addition to the list.
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- Liza Dezfouli
TBC Theatre takes on Irish writer Mark O’Rowe’s gritty play, Made in China, a story about three men caught up in violence, manipulation and one-upmanship.
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- Vito Mattarelli
West Side Story, a Broadway classic, was suitably selected as the milestone production, and judging by the performance I saw, the Company has managed to deliver a wonderful show.
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