Theatre
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…
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,…
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…
Love Never Dies
REGENT THEATRE: Magnificent staging and strong performances can’t hide the hollow heart of Lloyd Webber’s latest musical monolith. Three stars.
The Wau Wau Sisters' Last Supper
THE FAMOUS SPIEGEL GARDEN: US burlesque duo Adrienne Truscott and Tanya Gagne leave no sensibilities unruffled in this delightful cabaret…
A Behanding in Spokane
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY: Playwright Martin McDonagh’s confronting black comedy shocks and entertains in equal measure.