Melbourne
Review: Ghost Quartet, Gasworks Arts Park (VIC)
The inaugural production from Antipodes presents Dave Malloy’s exquisite and eclectic song cycle about life, death, ghosts and whiskey.
Review: Return Flight MEL>HKG, Blender Studios (VIC/Hong Kong)
The third and last stop in Going Down Swinging’s international project has resulted in an intricate, optimistic, and multilayered exhibition…
Review: Sensory Decadence, Gasworks Theatre (VIC)
One Fell Swoop’s circus production serves up exhilarating acrobatics and delicious contrasts.
Review: Wild Cherries, La Mama Theatre (VIC)
A moving piece of Australian theatre that examines the brutality of forced labour.
Review: Let Men Tremble, Theatre Works (VIC)
The Danger Ensemble’s provocative reinterpretation of The Scarlet Letter is a forceful critique of patriarchy.
Review: Since Ali Died, Arts Centre Melbourne (VIC)
Omar Musa weaves words and rhythms into a seamless story of boyhood, defiance, and faith.
Review: ’night, Mother, Chapel Off Chapel (VIC)
Iron Lung’s all-female production foregrounds Marsha Norman’s taut script and impressive performances from the cast.
Review: A Midnight Visit, Broad Encounters (VIC)
The Poe-inspired immersive adventure is more campy than creepy – and it’s all the better for it.
Review: Fifty Words, Alex Theatre (VIC)
Lab Theatre’s two-hander explores strained and hollowed-out domesticity.
Review: We Three, Gasworks Arts Park (VIC)
Hayley Lawson-Smith’s retelling of the Nativity is meandering and frustrating.