I can’t say enough wonderful about the MTC’s Neon Festival of Independent Theatre. Five of Melbourne’s most loved, most successful and most challenging independent companies were asked to create something new – no restraints. We’re still talking about Daniel Schlusser Ensemble’s Menagerie (based on the works of Tennessee Williams) and Fraught Outfit’s On the…
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Betty Burstall: 1926–2013 In 1967, Betty Burstall founded La Mama theatre in Carlton. It’s difficult to even begin to imagine the development of Australian theatre and Australian theatre voices without La Mama. From Liz Jones and the staff of La Mama: “On Friday afternoon last our beloved founder and mentor Betty Burstall…
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Grab a box of popcorn and dust off your diablo, because Circus Oz are back home in Melbourne and their 2013 show Cranked Up opens on Thursday. If you want to win a double pass to see the show on Wednesday 26 June, click here. Kai Johnson-Peady joined The Flying Fruit Fly Circus…
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Oh King Kong! You gorgeous, sexy, magnificent beast. Your entrance may be the most spectacular thing ever seen on a live stage. Every time you’re on, the audience is yours for the taking, as all around you pale to dull, despite all manner of shiny costume. You are glorious and…
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In Cape Town in 2006, actor Brett Goldin and designer Richard Bloom left a party and never got home. They were found naked, except for their socks, near a freeway; they had been robbed and shot through the head. Goldin was playing Guildenstern in a production of Hamlet that was about…
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Genesis to Broadway is, musically, a giant step but perhaps too big for such a small venue. Maybe technology let the stars of the show down but did the talented Fem Belling and Tod Strike, obviously well-schooled in voice projection, really need the volume? It would have been so easy, surely,…
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Last week, Bethany Simons stopped by the Carlton Courthouse to chat with Carole Patullo and Jane Bayly about the creation of their delightfully quirky and subtly thought provoking work Button. Do you discard or repair? Darning may seem a thing of the past, but sometimes all an item needs is…
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774’s Roaring Swing had all the potential for a glamorous night: amazing outfits, live bands and some thousand and a half eager attendees, determined to dance the night away. Swing Patrol helped kick off the evening with an introductory lesson of dancing the Charleston, then the bands took over. While some…
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Like most musical genres today, jazz is merely an umbrella term that comprises many off shoot styles. And we’re certainly all the better for it. Showing up to the Melbourne International Jazz Festival is like feasting on a smorgasbord of acts: you can get traditional fare, some peppered with only…
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