by Oliver Ross | Apr 10, 2018 | Performances, Reviews
In Bustco’s world premiere of Dwayne Yancey’s play, two young noble women receive letters from their boyfriends that they’ve been locked in the Tower of London. They set off – Rose, eagerly, and Lily, not so eagerly – to rescue them, disguising themselves...
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...
by Oliver Ross | Oct 12, 2016 | Performances, Reviews
Monash Shakespeare Company takes the trend of bringing 400 year old plays to a contemporary era in the most literal way possible, with hysterical performances across the board in their rendition of the dueling plotters that is Twelfth Night. Rather than being...
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...