Like Lucy Guerin Inc's season of 'Love Me' earlier in the year, this showing of 'Aether' was a return season for Melbourne, however – as with all Guerin's works – it was well worth revisiting.
Monty Python’s Spamalot manages to fulfill the expectations of fans and novices alike; it even prompted a spontaneous sing-along moment prior to the scripted one.
Jokes, songs about bacteria, facts about digestion and stories about bizarre sexual practices… all distractions from the heart, or perhaps the guts of the piece?
On face value, this story seems straight-forward, but the placement in the politically charged context of apartheid provides many subtexts and resonances