by Oliver Ross | Sep 29, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
Hysterical, ingenious and riveting, Soothplayer’s Completely Improvised Shakespeare lives up to its money-back guarantee of being hilarious, with its widely popular shows taking the audience on a ride that is truly a once in a lifetime experience. Creating an entire...
by Oliver Ross | Sep 21, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
With an extremely strong all-female ensemble of six actors, Essential Theatre’s Julius Caesar manages to be both subjective and direct, presenting a dramatic night of loyalty, uncertainty, betrayal and ambition. Following on from Heartstring’s Coriolanus...
by Oliver Ross | Aug 16, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
In a play in which one of the most famous lines is ‘unsex me here,’ Jennifer Innes’ gender swapped interpretation recreates the bloody world of Macbeth where women battle for their country and their crown as their husbands persuade them to betrayal...
by Oliver Ross | Jul 29, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
In the middle of this confusing yet constantly freezing Melbourne winter, Matilda Wraight and Newman College’s production pulls the audience into a warmer world of magic and dark, secret summers. With more naturalistic styles dominating, it’s interesting to see a more...
by Oliver Ross | Jul 20, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
Othello is a play disturbing in cruelty and otherness that is both archaic and chillingly contemporary. Peter Evan’s touring production blurs the dichotomy of the play – seen and unseen, puppeteer and pawn – into a tragedy of isolation and impulse...
by Oliver Ross | Jun 15, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
Born out of a collaboration between The Melbourne Company of Players and the Melbourne Shakespeare Society, Macbeth is a gripping production, with stripped back yet effective visuals placing the focus directly on the passion, physicality and sheer power of the play....
