by Oliver Ross | Mar 17, 2018 | Performances, Reviews
Grover Theatre Company’s Berlin War era take on Romeo and Juliet offers a powerful and rich take on the play, both with making the most of old inspiration and setting the stage for new innovations among the characters. Hannah Bird transposes the play into the years of...
by Oliver Ross | Apr 1, 2017 | Performances, Reviews
Melbourne Shakespeare Company delivers their most powerful production yet, with Comedy of Errors maintaining the energy and vibrancy of their previous productions and taking it to almost surreal heights. Jennifer Sarah Dean directs Comedy of Errors, an early...
by Oliver Ross | Mar 20, 2017 | Performances, Reviews
With ghastly onlookers and an inventive use of technology creating the ghostly world of Macbeth, Gemco Players present an interpretation that is both an engaging introduction to Shakespeare and a haunting performance in its own right. Partnering with Page to Stage...
by Oliver Ross | Dec 8, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
Jennifer Sarah Dean’s The Tempest is a fast-paced, energetic blend of contemporary humour and the renaissance that the Melbourne Shakespeare Company has already made their trademark, coming to life in the beautiful backdrop of the St Kilda Botanical Gardens. The play...
by Oliver Ross | Nov 23, 2016 | Reviews, Screenings
Featuring utterly spectacular design and building on this year’s powerful graduating RSC ensemble, Gregory Doran tells the bleak and tragic tale of King Lear on a scale that is both grand and deep against a backdrop of mania and uncertainty. The play following...
by Oliver Ross | Oct 14, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
Melbourne University Shakespeare Company promised a Twelfth Night like none you’d experienced before, and its delivery is terrifying. Oscar Shaw’s immersive production twists the familiar comedy into a high-stakes thriller of madness and deceit that engulfs the...
