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The Importance of Being Earnest
MTC: Wildean wit and wordplay coupled with Geoffrey Rush’s superb turn as Lady Bracknell ensure Simon Phillips’ last production for…
Return to Earth
MTC: A story of returning, reconnecting and belonging, Lally Katz’s hybrid of melodrama and magic realism never quite finds its…
Holding the Man
STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SA: Based on the best-selling book by Timothy Conigrave, Tommy Murphy's play is a heartfelt, hilarious…
Namatjira - 2011
MALTHOUSE: Theatre at its most moving, storytelling at its best; this Big hART production is the must-see show of the…
Hamlet
MTC: For all its strengths, there’s something of the air of a Hollywood sequel about this new production of Shakespeare’s…
Pin Drop
MALTHOUSE: A sudden noise that wakes you in the night. A shadowy movement glimpsed down a darkened alley. A visceral,…
Toby Francis: Blokelahoma!
MELBOURNE CABARET FESTIVAL: Based on his all too brief season at the Melbourne Cabaret Festival, 23 year old Toby Francis…
King of Bangor
A theatrical exploration into the creative mind of novelist Stephen King, this new play by Lee Gambin lacks nuance, but…
A Golem Story
MALTHOUSE: The medieval myth of a creature fashioned from clay and animated by supernatural means finds vital life in this…
Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne
ALGA: From bent bushrangers to angry AIDS activists, this fascinating new publication sheds new light on the queer history of…