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Review: The Lost Boys is theatre that moves, but not far enough
Charlotte likes to immerse themselves in new things. The Lost Boys is an immersive theatre experience by the Little Eggs Collective, running at the Seymour Centre for a few more days. Read Charlotte’s review of it here!
Review: G Flip never does anything by half measure
Clare is a queer music nerd. G Flip recently played a gig at the Enmore Theatre for the first time as part of their Drummer tour, and it was electric. Read Clare’s review of it here!
Review: Beauty Queen is smart AND hot
Maddy is smart and hot. Beauty Queen, a one-woman show playing this Melbourne fringe, is also smart and hot. Read the review of it here!
Review: The Approach is a play that lingers
Bec likes a play that’s upsetting. The Approach is a play about three women reaching for each other, and failing, that makes some somewhat clunky arguments. Read Bec’s review of it here!
Review: The Hero Leaves One Tooth leaves something to be desired
Charlotte enjoys plays that smash boundaries. The Hero Leaves One Tooth is a play that’s a sci-fi story, a musical and a dinner party drama. Read Charlotte’s review of it here.
Review: The Turn of the Screw is an impressive thriller
Ceridwen likes to be uncomfortable. The Turn of The Screw is a new stage adaptation of Henry James’s gothic novella written and directed by Richard Hilliar. Read Ced’s review of it here.
Review: Dumb Kids is a funny and tender play
Bec was a queer teenager once. Dumb Kids is a play by Jacob Parker about growing up queer. Read Bec’s review of it here!
Review: Obongjayar is a genre revolutionary
Bec had the pleasure of seeing the “sort of everything” musician Obongjayar live at the City Recital Hall. Read her review of it here.
Review: Climbers is technically brilliant, but is that enough?
Chelsea was eleven when her grandfather broke the news she’d probably never get into Oxford. Climbers focuses on Rosalind and Lucy, two best friends whose dreams of tertiary study are also shattered by the men in their lives. Read her review here!
Review: All His Beloved Children is a sermon in mythmaking
Charlotte went to a Catholic school and was forced to write an essay on sin in Year 9 Religion. All His Beloved Children is a play about myths, morals, and how we twist them for our purposes. Read Charlotte’s review of it here!
Review: Darkfield is terrifyingly real
Bec is a scaredy cat at the best of times. DARKFIELD and Realscape Productions’ FLIGHT and SÉANCE are immersive theatre experiences that’ll have you too scared to board an aeroplane any time soon. Read Bec’s review of them here.
Review: Metropolis challenges what a musical can be
Charlotte likes musicals that do something new. Metropolis is a dystopian musical written in six months by the brilliant team at Little Eggs Collective. Read Charlotte’s review of it here.
Review: UFO is a chance to watch the magic happen
Mitchell is a finance bro with film bro origins. UFO, by re:group collective, is a live cinema experience that played at Griffin Theatre as part of Griffin Lookout. Read Mitchell’s review of it here.
Review: 35mm is a simple production with anything but simple vocals
Nelson has seen more theatre than anything else. Rising Arts Productions’ 35mm blends music, photography and incredible local talent to mixed effect. Read Nelson’s review of it here!
Review: Fantastic Mr Fox from the mouths of babes
Jemima is 13. Theo is 9. Last week their big sister Charlotte took them to shake & stir’s Fantastic Mr Fox and then asked them a bunch of questions about it. Read their answers here!
Review: let’s learn ballet with Don Quixote
Ceridwen is a weird horror film nerd who loves to perform interdisciplinary research. Last weekend she attended The Australian Ballet’s Don Quixote in a “pas de quatre” (a step of four). Learn some new ballet words with Ced in her review here!
Review: SHIT doesn’t quite make the jump from theatre to film
Charlotte is a theatre nerd and Ceridwen is a film nerd. Last weekend they both saw Patricia Cornelius, Susie Dee and Trudy Hellier’s SHIT, a film based on a play of the same name and made by a very similar creative team. Read their review of it here.
Review: No Love Lost is best enjoyed with an open heart
Zoe loves love. So does Martha. No Love Lost is a zine mausoleum for love poems that have not withstood the test of time, published by Baby Teeth Journal. Read Zoe and Martha’s egg and tofu scramble review (with spring onions by Charlotte) here.
Review: the ArtsLab: Body of Work festival is an encouraging glimpse of our artistic future
Charlotte is easily excited by new work by new voices. ArtsLab: Body of Work is the culmination of Shopfront Arts Co-Op’s emerging artists program, featuring two gallery works and three performance works. Read Charlotte’s review of the ArtsLab “marathon” here.
Review: Comfort, Spin, Travel is overshadowed by the play it could have been
Lu Bradshaw and Fruit Box Theatre’s Comfort, Spin, Travel has good intentions, but ultimately doesn’t always execute them. Read Bec’s review of the play here.