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....
by Oliver Ross | Jun 4, 2016 | Performances
I’ve always found The Winter’s Tale fascinating, as in Shakespeare’s final years he intermingles comedy with tragedy, switches revenge for redemption and becomes increasingly drawn to a world of magic. It’s an ambitious and often difficult blend, and one that Stephen...
by Oliver Ross | May 23, 2016 | Performances
While the growing popularity of the downfall of Coriolanus having some unsettling implications of the current social climate, it allows for a thrilling, complex and terrifyingly contemporary tragedy to finally see the light of day. While the play is infamously...
