430 stories by "Anne-Marie Peard"
The Money is every meeting I've ever been to. Created by UK-based company Kaleider, it's part game, immersive theatre and live art. And almost fly-on-the-wall live documentary. A group of ti…
I wonder if we go to theatre to re-create, or discover, the childhood experience of sitting in a loving lap and being read a story. Hobart's Terrapin Puppet Theatre have been creating and to…
Director Meng Jinghui is a cult theatre superstar in China and the National Theatre of China is one of the most influential companies in Asia. I can't think of an equivalent Australian co…
Imagine a collection of five Instagram posts. There's maybe a picture of someone's burger, a cat picture, a photo of an interesting building, a post-gym selfie and a shot of a tree. Sure, th…
In 431 BCE, Medea takes a knife to her children for the first time. 2500 years later a woman in Queensland stabs her children as they lie peacefully in their beds and in a tiny fringe venue …
The second Poppy Seed Theatre Festival launched its program on Thursday night in Melbourne. Embracing the development of some of the best Melbourne-based independent artists, the festival pr…
Imagined Touch is “a deafblind live art experience” at Arts House in North Melbourne. Deafblind artists Heather Lawson and Michelle Stevens have been developing this remarkabl…
First Date by independent company Pursued by Bear is a delightfully awkward, if verging on uncomfortable, blind date between opposites: cool hipster Casey, who usually dates "bad boys", a…
Ever been slapped with the realisation that your life might not turn out like the adults you looked up to in your youth had promised? Ever felt the pang of uncertainty that comes with the on…
The Rabble don’t make easy theatre, but it’s an easy choice to see them. Always starting with a well-known text " Orlando, Frankenstein, The Story of O,  Room of R…
There's a gap between nostalgia and embracing retro fashions, as there's a chasm between the future world we want and the one we're likely to have. This space in between is where Retrofuturi…
StageArt's new chamber version of Titanic, the Musical is a compelling interpretation of rarely-performed piece, which opened on Broadway in 1997 and won five Tony Awards. From its inception…
It's Melbourne's coldest day for the year, so what's better than some super hot cabaret? Melbourne Cabaret Festival finishes on Sunday 26 June, which means you can still easily see six or ni…
Watching a musical based on your all-time favourite film could be a recipe for disaster. In the case of Heathers the Musical, the show, while incredibly entertaining and fun, struggles to…
Like many independent Melbourne companies, Lyric Opera consistently punch above their weight to produce work that deserves the financial support and the audiences that assume that great oper…
The narrator tell us The Glass Menagerie is a memory play. The narrator is also a character in the play. He is also a thinly-veiled version of playwright Tennessee Williams. Currently at Mal…
The success of Singing in the Rain’ is its mix of homage, iconic film moment re-creation " it really rains! " and a sprinkle of surprising original moments. Jonathan Church’…
“What would you be willing to give up to make a difference in the world?” Young Jean Lee wrote Straight White Men because a three-act naturalistic play about straight white…
Independent company Doorstep Arts from Geelong and are known for their productions of musicals. They’ve brought Dogfight to Chapel off Chapel. Based on a 1991 film, the musical v…
The only down side of the Little Shop of Horrors Melbourne season is that it’s only three weeks. The sci-fi schlock musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (who went onto Disney…
Award-winning UK writer Jez Butterworth (Mojo, Jerusalem) continues to explore men and masculinity in The River, which has its Australian premiere at Red Stitch. A man (Dion Mills) …
After its Melbourne season, Peddling is touring to regional Victoria in May. Part of the MTC Education and Families program, the script is on the  2016 VCE drama playlist and …
With the astonishing soprano Jessica Pratt in the title role, Victoria Opera have re-imagined the 1986 Opera Australia production of Lucia di Lammermoor made for Dame Joan Sutherlan…
Funny, clever and incredibly entertaining, Diana Nguyen's Naked is an absolute joy to watch. While the show explores some dark topics, Nguyen's huge smile and good nature means the show move…
Josh Ladgrove’s beret-wearing Neal Portenza blows me away every time I see him. With a design including balloons, some lovely interactive modelling clay, and a bit of blood, he’s…
