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Singularity | Chunky Move
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SingularityReviewed by Jan Chandler, Melbourne Stage Online
Singularity creates an emotional roller coaster ride, for performers and audience, which explores connection and inclusion, sometimes uncomfortable sometimes welcome.
more ...Melbourne Stage Online by Jan Chandler
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Mrs Petrov's Shoe by Noëlle JanaczewskaTheatre @ Risk’s latest production, Mrs Petrov’s Shoe by Noella Janaczewska, is a comedy that explores issues surrounding cultural identity; fantasy and reality; fact and fiction; truth an
more ...Hot-pink and furry desires of a monogamous woman
Reviewed by Robin Usher, Age Online
Michelle Heaven has worked with many of Australia's leading contemporary companies and won a Green Room award as a performer, but she has never undertaken anything as complex as the latest ChamberMade
more ...A thought-provoking micro-performance on the complexities of intimacy.
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InertReviewed by Hilary Crampton, The Age Online
If you are feeling as though you have lost touch with your inner self, that the pace of life only allows you to skim the surface, then find 20 minutes to drop in to Inert.
more ...Ambitious tale of one woman\'s sensual exploration lacks focus.
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CØRRUPTIONReviewed by John Slavin, The Age Online
Freud once wrote that in any love relationship, four characters are always involved.ChamberMade's new performance piece directed by Douglas Horton and choreographer Michelle Heaven takes this di
more ...A view of ourselves in a pop-up panorama of technicoloured paranoia.
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Reviewed by Helen Thomson, Age Online
This description from the press release for A View of Concrete is a fairly accurate summary of Gareth Ellis' play about Generation Next. It encapsulates the play's inward-looking "alternati
more ...Driven by a hunger for facts, not fiction
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Mrs Petrov's Shoe by Noëlle JanaczewskaReviewed by Robin Usher, Age Online
Norma Khouri achieved fame and fortune with Forbidden Love, which she claimed was a memoir about growing up in Jordan - until it was revealed in 2004 that she was a hoax author under investigation for
more ...Mrs Petrov’s Shoe | Theatre@Risk
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Mrs Petrov's Shoe by Noëlle JanaczewskaReviewed by Jan Chandler, Melbourne Stage Online
Theatre @ Risk’s latest production, Mrs Petrov’s Shoe by Noella Janaczewska, is a comedy that explores issues surrounding cultural identity; fantasy and reality; fact and fiction; truth an
more ...Carrying shoes
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Carrying Shoes - into the unknownReviewed by Bill Perrett, Age Online
Set in the days around the fall of the Shah and the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran, Carrying Shoes sees these turbulent events through the experiences of an expatriate family, the Matthews.
more ...Don Pasquale
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Don PasqualeReviewed by John Slavin - The Age Online
Not for prudes, opera queens or purists, but delightful entertainment nevertheless.
more ...At the wrecking ball
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We Built This CityReviewed by Greg Burchall - The Age Online
Melbourne's construction workers celebrate the 150th anniversary of the eight-hour day with stories from building sites, a rock'n'roll choir and a ballet for heavy machinery.
more ...Find Me, Call Me, Meet Me | Blue Chair Theatre
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Find Me, Call Me, Meet MeReviewed by Darryl Emmerson
Staged by Blue Chair Theatre, a company of young, energetic actors, this play is an engaging look at relationships, dating, sex, desire, love and the whole damn thing.
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