by Oliver Ross | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog, UHT Macbeth
Macbeth + Macdeath | Journal 2 With little over a month before the season starts, Macbeth + Macdeath is really coming to life, with the last few weeks of rehearsals rapidly evolving from conceptual to the foundations of an immersive, haunting production. Early...
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 | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, UHT Macbeth
Macbeth + Macdeath | Journal 1 I‘m excited to be chronicling Union House Theatre’s Macbeth over the next few months as they progress through rehearsals before taking to the stage in early September. Directed by Petra Kalive, it is planned to be performed...
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....