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...
by Oliver Ross | May 11, 2016 | Performances
Macbeth | Twelve Angry From the first time I heard the idea of making Lady Macbeth one of the weird sisters, I’ve desperately wanted to see it played out but was unsure of how it was to be staged. Twelve Angry’s clever, visceral and chillingly human production takes...
by Oliver Ross | May 7, 2016 | Performances
Henry IV Part 1 | MUSC It may just be my newness to Australian Shakespeare, but it seems that the histories are staged far less than comedies or tragedies, whether it be due to a different cultural surrounding the strict social hierarchy, a weaker connection to the...
by Oliver Ross | May 4, 2016 | Performances
Coriolanus | Heartstring Theatre With two Melbourne Coriolanus productions in a single month and the recent successes of the Donmar production and Ralph Fiennes’ film, I wonder if the play’s period of rarity and obscurity is finally at its end. And powerful,...
by Oliver Ross | Apr 29, 2016 | Performances
Merry Wives of Windsor | Nothing But Roaring I only just managed to finish reading Merry Wives before the show itself, but even then I was familiar with urban legends that the play was written in a mere two weeks. And they play is distinctly different from many in the...
