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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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Songs for Europe: Carnation Revolution
Melbourne Fringe ****Broken Mirror Productions**** 19 - 29 September 2013
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Portugese rebels
Some inconsistent acting
Least the writing's good
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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Songs for Europe: Nothing
Melbourne Fringe ****Broken Mirror Productions**** 19 - 29 September 2013
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Ageing Euro star
Kaczmarek shines as Sonja
Wonderful writing
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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Straight
Red Stitch Actors Theatre 30 August - 28 September 2013
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Straight friends make gay porn
Strong work from Ensemble cast
Funny, but lacks depth
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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The Confidence Man
Side Pony Productions 28 August - 1 September
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Immersive thriller
Masked audience make up cast
What wonderful fun
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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Miss Julie
****Belvoir**** 24 August - 6 October 2013
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Gen-Y Miss Julie
Strong, honest performances
Text lacks subtlety
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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Stories I Want to Tell You in Person
****Malthouse Theatre**** 9 - 25 August
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Playwright as actor
Sarks' direction makes this work
Endearingly fun
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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night maybe
****Stuck Pigs Squealing**** 15 August - 1 September 2013
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Night-time in a park
Haunting design, and real grass!
Narrative lost me
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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The Cherry Orchard
MTC 10 August - 25 September 2013
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Seventies Chekhov
Very funny... but no soul
Clever retelling
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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The Collector
The Artisan Collective 24 July - 3 August 2013
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Fowles in a carpark
Style tricks dilute the story
Brew's script is stunning
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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Foxfinder
Red Stitch Actors Theatre 19 July - 17 August 2013
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Fox as social scourge
Gripping acting and design
Whitely is superb
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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Midsummer
Red Stitch Actors Theatre Geelong Performing Arts Centre 10 - 13 July 2013
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Scottish 'lost weekend'
Actors thwarted by design
Prendergast steals it
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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The Dragon
Malthouse Theatre 27 June - 14 July 2013
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Damsels, knights and beasts
Allegory drowned by gags
Still a lot of fun
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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The Crucible
Melbourne Theatre Company 22 June - 3 August 2013
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Miller in bad wigs
Where was the sense of terror?
Thank God for Cartwright
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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Domino
Attic Erratic 18 - 29 June 2013
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Last five men on Earth
Story lost in heightened text
Breathtaking design
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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By Their Own Hands
NEON: Festival of Independent Theatre Hayloft Project 13 - 23 June 2013
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Oedipus three ways
Looked nice but failed to move me
Nude bodies, again
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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At Home at the Zoo
Exit Theatre 6 June - 16 June 2013
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Zoo Story prequel
Tension lacking in Act One
Josh Blau really shines
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theatrehaiku · 12 years ago
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Palace of the End
Theatreworks 5 - 16 June 2013
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Monologues on war
Moving, if heavy-handed
Strong performances
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