Thursday, May 31, 2018
Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre MelbournePatricia Cornelius's Australian adaptation of Lorca's classic puts the wounds that men inflict on women centre stage' Sign up to receive the top stories …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 16, 2018
This stylised adaptation of Mark Haddon's bestseller is effectively an animated book rather than a translation into theatreArts Centre MelbourneThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:29PM[SHARE]Monday, May 25, 2015
REINVENTION is what keeps myths alive. On the other hand, the reason we keep picking them up and remaking them is that they keep being true.
SOURCE: www.theaustralian.com.au at 05:58PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 21, 2014
Since the beginning of 2014 I've been logging my disparate online essays and reviews in one place, so they're easier to track. You can find the Miscellany tumblr here.
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:07PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 8, 2014
Malthouse theatre, MelbourneA complex and rarely-staged Patrick White play is directed like a musical score, and the cast is extraordinaryUntil now, Patrick Whites fourth play Night on Bald …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:34PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Melbourne's Malthouse theatre launches its 2014 season with a deliciously funny Simon Stone comedy that illuminates the absurdity and vanity of human behaviourAlison Croggon
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 13, 2014
This contemporary twist on the conventional love triangle has formidable performances but gets bogged down by poor directionAlison Croggon
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 30, 2014
Melbourne Theatre Company's strong production of Noël Coward's 1930s romantic comedy is all fun and games " with the darkest of subtextsAlison Croggon
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:49PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 1, 2013
Melbourne Theatre Company, Southbank TheatreA play about domestic violence in post-Nazi Netherlands may seem like grim fare for children but it proves ultimately upliftingThe Book of Everyth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 24, 2013
Northcote Town HallWatching Arden v Arden, the Hayloft Project's adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century play Arden of Faversham, it occurred to me that sometimes obscure plays are obs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 10, 2013
Theatre Works, MelbourneBeneath the frothy fun and glorious wit, Sisters Grimm's production skewers prejudices around race and sexualityIt is melodrama on amyl nitrate; the recipe a dose of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, until October 6Men of Steel's playful yet poignant production about old furniture is a metaphor for modern life and a lot of funBack in 2002, Spike Jonze made a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 19, 2013
The next big things in comedy, theatre, dance, art, film and music feature in a packed programmeEvery September the Melbourne Fringe festival lurches over the horizon. Last year, 3400 indepe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 15, 2013
Melbourne Theatre CompanySimon Stone's faithful reimagining of Chekov's work lays bare the play's emotional machinery in an elegant productionI can only hope that this lucid, pitch-perfect p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02PM[SHARE]Friday, August 9, 2013
The enfant terrible with a populist touch talks cinema, Eurocentrism and his burning desire to explore who we areIt's impossible to ignore Simon Stone. At 28, he is one of Australia's most e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:02AM[SHARE]Monday, July 8, 2013
Alison Croggon: Do repeat viewings lead to a richer theatre experience " or is the first thrill of a brilliant production impossible to recreate?Alison Croggon
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 27, 2013
Melbourne Theatre CompanyWatching " or, more precisely, listening to " Melbourne Theatre Company's production of The Crucible, it's striking how pertinent Arthur Miller's parable of social p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38PM[SHARE]Monday, May 27, 2013
Alison Croggon: He stands six metres tall, weighs more than a tonne and relies on a vast team of puppeteers " King Kong's latest starring role is centre stage in a new Melbourne musicalAliso…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 13, 2012
Theatre Notes will remain here as an archive. The blog is fully searchable using the search box to the right, and there are browsable lists of all reviews since 2004 and of notable interview…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 09:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Dear Readers
As some of you will already know, I've decided to close down Theatre Notes. It's a decision that's been staring me in the face for a while now, and it's fair to say that I've b…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 08:27PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 25, 2012
Warning: here be spoilers
From medium to medium, the real is volatilized, becoming an allegory of death. But it is also, in a sense, reinforced through its own destruction. It becomes reali…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 12:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Last week I saw two adventures in theatrical poetry. Malthouse Theatre literally brought poetry into the theatre with Jane Montgomery Griffiths's and Marion Potts' theatricalisation of Dorot…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 11:21PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Despite Melbourne's uncertain spring, Ms TN had a most excellent adventure at the 2012 Melbourne Festival, Brett Sheehy's last before he takes up the reins as AD of the Melbourne Theatre Com…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:40PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 27, 2012
Melbourne Festival Diary #10
After three weeks of full-on performance, Dance Teritories was a refreshing return to the basics: a stage, a performer, an audience. Dance Territories presented…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:34PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 25, 2012
Melbourne Festival Diary #9
We're heading towards the end of the festival, which closes on Saturday, and Ms TN is feeling, truth be told, rather ragged. On the one hand, devoting myself to …
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 10:52PM[SHARE]Monday, October 22, 2012
Melbourne Festival Diary #8
I woke the morning after seeing the Schaubühne Berlin's production of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People seething with a burning, undirected anger. I don't k…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 11:05PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 21, 2012
Festival Diary #7
Chamber Made Opera's innovative series of Living Room Operas - small-scale opera performances commissioned as site-specific works and performed in private houses - has pro…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 11:21PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 20, 2012
Melbourne Festival Diary #6
Even off the plan, the strongest aspect of the 2012 Melbourne Festival was always the dance. It's a feeling borne out in the performances I've seen: William Fors…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 11:22PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 18, 2012
Melbourne Festival Diary #5
Holding note: Sometimes I find that all that emerges from my fingertips is a sludge of meh. This can particularly happen when I've been knocked out by a work: al…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:33PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Melbourne Festival Diary #4
Some notes on Orlando
White. No colour, every colour; plenty and absence at once. The empty page awaiting inscription, the page which may be shredded or burned…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:10PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 13, 2012
Melbourne Festival Diary #3
It may have only opened on Thursday, but the Melbourne Festival is now well into its stride. Aside from the Forsythe Dance Company, my highlight so far has been …
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 09:55PM[SHARE] 
