The concept of adapting A Room of One’s Own to the stage is a fascinating one. How does one adapt an essay into the form…
Walking to the Meat Market Stables for the 7.30 show I passed Royal Melbourne Hospital. In the chilled darkness of Grattan Street three fire trucks…
Pretence is a fascinating performance from Aimee Sanderson and Hayley Lawson Smith. The premise of the play is a simple one at heart: two actresses…
Anything and everything can happen in café. Heartbreak, epiphanies, quarter-life crises, brunches. It’s also the perfect setting for a Melbourne-based play like Westerly. Written by…
The zoo has closed and the animals are among us, just trying to get by like everyone else in this cold, hard world. A giraffe…
Thatcher’s Boy Theatre’s Cracked Smiles begins formidably by having the audience walk across the stage, weaving through the actors as they sprawl casually. They stare…
Does Marie Antoinette need redeeming in the eyes of history? Is our current perception of the Austrian child-bride turned symbol of decadence and classism fair,…
Now spanning over 220 years, the morbid fascination with the “It Girl” of Versailles continues as Heartstring Theatre present the Australian premiere of award-winning playwright David…
The Importance of Being Earnest is irreverent, farcical, and hilarious, all entwined in cutting social commentary. A trivial comedy for serious people, Oscar Wilde’s most…
There is a particular joy to seeing Shakespeare performed in parks. The open air and surrounding greenery make far more sense for the forest settings…