Walk the rain-soaked streets of grey Melbourne over to a corner where dark desire and corrupt fallibility are set out for you in a passion play. When people referred to 1930s Hollywood creative James Cain as a crime writer, he…
It’s the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and Melbourne is all a-whirl with commemorative events. So far this year we’ve seen an all-female version of ‘Coriolanus’. Experienced ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on the banks of the Maribyrnong River. And been…
Returning from a successful run at last year’s Fringe Festival and a highly acclaimed run at Perth Fringe World, ‘The Point of Light‘ is back at the Butterfly Club for a short, slick, and crowd-wowing run. It is a cheeky…
Director Isaac Drandic opens the program by saying, ‘Anyone who has ever been in love can access this work’. I can’t think of a better way to introduce ‘Blood on the Dance Floor‘ by ILBIJERRI Theatre Company. I am a…
Returning to one of our favourite CBD cabaret venues, The Butterfly Club, we’ve become used to baited anticipation of not knowing exactly what we will be surprised with. Canberra’s festival-trotting duo, the Sparrow-Folk, have been around since 2013, and won…
The Owl and Cat Theatre’s second season of 2016 starts this week with the first of a seven-play run, ‘The Boys Club’. Under the new vision of artistic director Thomas Ian Doyle, the season promises to be bring us theatrical…
Hark! What cast through yonder curtain breaks? ‘Tis Bell Shakespeare come to bring their tale of star-cross’d lovers to Melbourne in ‘Romeo and Juliet‘. In this, the 400th anniversary year of the Bard’s death, it is fitting to get to…
‘Every Brilliant Thing’ is…. brilliant. My plus one and I were so pleased to attend the opening night performance at the Malthouse Theatre. Jonny Donahoe spins tragedy into comedy and reminds us of the simple things that make life worth living….
Have you ever wondered about the absurdity of it all? Have you ever had an entirely inappropriate emotional reaction to a real life tragedy? If you have, then Stork Theatre’s production of Albert Camus’ The Outsider is an excellent…
I was genuinely excited to make my way for the first time to fortyfivedownstairs – the renowned independent not-for-profit gallery and theatre. It was great to have fellow TPO writer/theatre major Jenny as my guide to the Paris-end Flinders Lane…