HurlyBurly
HurlyBurly by US playwright David Rabe was first staged in Chicago in 1984. The play was nominated for a Tony Award in 1985, and the following Broadway production and film incarnation featured big-name actors. How much ...
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The Realistic Joneses
A lovely thing about The Realistic Joneses is the apparent simplicity of its design, sophistication not so much hidden as not having attention drawn to it. Gregory Clarke’s stage is a small square rostrum, painted with w...
Big Fish
A director’s worst nightmare! Your leading man loses his voice on opening night, so what do you do? You provide the voice yourself of course! And when the director is the silver-voiced, Tyran Parke, it’s the perfect solu...
JOAN
At JOAN’s centre is the execution of Joan of Arc. She was sentenced to death by burning in 1431 and was burned more than once to ensure only ashes were left. Knowing this, it makes walking into the space at Theatre Works...
Swan Lake
In A. A. Dowd’s review of the film, Arrival, he describes the aliens as, “…More wondrous than fearsome,” and the space where they reside as, “…Half-submerged in a cloud of ethereal fog.” Whe...
Melbourne: your wish has been granted – Aladdin
Disney’s hit musical Aladdin has opened in Melbourne at Her Majesty’s Theatre after a successful season in Sydney’s Capitol Theatre. Aladdin is Disney’s most successful musical after The Lion King, and has thrilled audie...
MICF: Craig Hill – Up and Coming!
Resplendent in blue leather kilt, a sizeable sporran, and neat blue shirt, Craig Hill led the room through an hour of uproarious stand-up. What a braw man. Well, it was more a conversation than the mostly one-way traffic...
MICF: Lexipalooza!
Lexipalooza! features Lexi Simmonds and Pete Batt and some fine musical comedy. Zero pretensions, but oodles of charm, Lexi and Pete meander their way through songs, ukulele destruction, and even an unexpected magic tric...
