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REVIEW: IRL

REVIEW: IRL

Set in 2018, Lewis Treston’s IRL, presented by The Other Theatre in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre, is a period piece that follows a young cosplayer as he attempts to find love (and a kiss with tongue) by meeting a boy from Tumblr IRL. 

REVIEW: REX

REVIEW: REX

Greek tragedy mixed with chaos, Jasper Lee Lindsay’s REX is pretty tricky to put into words. What I can say, however, is that this was by far the most entertaining production I have seen in recent memory. 

REVIEW: Manic Pixie Meltdown

REVIEW: Manic Pixie Meltdown

 From Dante’s Beatrice to Kirsten Dunst’s Elizabeth in Elizabethtown, ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl’ is a trope that most of us have encountered in film, television and literature. Eccentric, elusive and ‘not like other girls’, these characters have become heavily scrutinised for many reasons, not least of which because they seem to romanticise and fetishise the traits of neurodivergent women.  

REVIEW: Maybelline is in her Slut Era

REVIEW: Maybelline is in her Slut Era

Maybelline is in her Slut Era is a masterful reflection of the time. The sexual revolution has been and gone, yet the patriarchy is alive and well, and with the advent of social media, modern courtship is shaped by the unwritten rules of online etiquette. In short, it’s brutal out there. 

REVIEW: The Glass Menagerie

REVIEW: The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie has long been a powerful exploration of memory, longing, and fragile dreams, and Ensemble Theatre’s current production does justice to this classic. With its intimate setting and thoughtful direction, this show delivers a touching performance. 

REVIEW: Furious Mattress

REVIEW: Furious Mattress

Does your wife rock a side pony, sometimes give you the side eye, and sing Kate Bush in the shower? It might be time for an exorcism.  

REVIEW: The Pigeons

REVIEW: The Pigeons
David Gieselmann’s The Pigeons, presented by The Other Theatre in association with KXT bAKEHOUSE Theatre, is 75 minutes of farcical chaos. It’s fast paced, ridiculous and perfectly captures the bureaucratic purgatory of office life riddled with infidelity, bullying and embezzlement. 

REVIEW: August: Osage County

REVIEW: August: Osage County
Belvoir’s 2024 lineup of productions has been one of its most impressive seasons yet, taking audiences on adventures into the idiosyncratic lives of countless characters. To end on a high note is more than ideal, and if it’s done successfully, it is a great triumph for any theatre company going into their 2025 season  It is without a doubt that Belvoir has achieved this, programming Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama August: Osage County as its grand finale of the year. 

REVIEW: Dignified Exit

REVIEW: Dignified Exit
Dignified Exit is the debut of Young Company, a group of six young creatives who worked to devise this production throughout the course of the year. Every part of the production, including the writing, sound design and lighting design, were all developed by this young team. 

REVIEW: McGuffin Park

REVIEW: McGuffin Park
Ambition, ego and optimism collide in Ensemble Theatre’s recent production of McGuffin Park. While it’s message relevant and it’sits delivery charming, McGuffin Park fails falls short to truly dig deep into the rich and complex world of Australian democracy.  

REVIEW: Hedda Gabler

REVIEW: Hedda Gabler
With countless adaptations and reworkings since its debut, Hedda Gabler sits on the same bookshelf as classics lauded for decades now. One of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpieces, Secret House resurrects the original text with Anthony Skuse’s version, staged at KXT on Broadway. 

SPOTLIGHT: Danial Yazdani

SPOTLIGHT: Danial Yazdani

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