Sunday 1 December 2002

2002 Reviews Kate Herbert


2002 Reviews Kate Herbert
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The following are all reviews published in Herald Sun during 2002. They are still available through www.newstext.com.au

They will all be uploaded in full soon.  KH

 Satire, clowns are tops   Herald Sun, 27-12-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 083, 522 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
SOME nights I would rather throw myself under a train than go to the theatre. Luckily, there are some wonderful shows to renew one's faith in art. Two of my favourites this year came from the UK. Three Dark Tales (Theatre O) was a superbly crafted co...                                                                                                          

    Life as a song and dance   Herald Sun, 23-12-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 084, 314 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Taught By Experts ROBYN Arthur is a seasoned music-theatre artist. Her solo show, Taught by Experts, reveals her talent and versatility. The show, slickly directed by Terry O'Connell, is written by Robert Hewett, who has used Arthur's own stories to ...                                                                                                            

   A Sade let-down   Herald Sun, 20-12-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 375 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss, Eclipse Theatre Where and when: Theatreworks, 14A Acland St, St Kilda, until tomorrow DIRECTOR Miranda Rose bit off a fair chunk in attempting this play, set in the bath hall of a French asylum in 1808. The production canno...                                                                                                            

   Gagsters really knock your socks off   Herald Sun, 17-12-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 051, 326 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Speedmouse, by The Umbilical Brothers Where and when: Athenaeum I, until December 22 WHAT is so delightful about The Umbilical Brothers in Speedmouse, apart from their exceptional skill, is their unpretentiousness. Dave Collins and Shane Dundas will ...                                                                                                           

    Let there be laughs   Herald Sun, 16-12-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 107, 322 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
In the Beginning: The Odd Testament, by Short Attention Span Where and when: Trades Hall, Wed-Sat, until December 21 MESSING about with the Bible might be considered naughty but In the Beginning is a very sweet, entertaining show about some dysfuncti...    

                                                                                                         
  Nobody's wild about this unlovely Harry   Herald Sun, 13-12-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 101, 356 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Harry's Christmas, by Steven Berkoff, Elixir Theatre ENGLISH playwright and actor Steven Berkoff knew what a depressing time Christmas could be for many lonely people. His play, Harry's Christmas, is a darkly comic exploration of one man's failure to...                                                                                                            

    Great medicine: a flimsy, funny piece of Moliere fluff   Herald Sun, 13-12-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 102, 373 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Love is the Best Doctor, by Moliere, Rogue Theatre THERE'S no denying it, 18th century French playwright Moliere was a super satirist. He took the style of the commedia dell'arte, the Italian clowns, and turned it into a biting attack on the upper cl...                                                                                                                                                                   
  

Gentle tales evoke a grand feeling   Herald Sun, 04-12-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 055, 354 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Grand Feeling Where and when: 45 Downstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, city, until Saturday Reviewer: Kate Herbert THE Grand Feeling is a production with oodles of charm. Directors Nadja Kostich and Jeremy Angerson bring to the stage the stories of three...                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

  Canefield produces bumper crop   Herald Sun, 04-12-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 056, 386 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
TALK about suffering for your art! Students of Music Theatre in Mackay, when the course began in 1996, studied in sheds erected in a canefield. Seven graduates from the degree course at Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music yesterday strutted th...                           

                                                                               
   Lower's sad humour still takes audiences higher   Herald Sun, 27-11-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 056, 209 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Lonely Lennie Lower Where and when: La Mama, until Sunday Reviewer: Kate Herbert BARRY Dickins and one of his best-loved characters, Lennie Lower (Simon King), share many attributes. Both are comic journalists, both are unpredictable, outrageous, lov...     
                                                                                                          
 Giving the Devil his due   Herald Sun, 27-11-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 057, 218 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Faust Where and when: Chapel off Chapel, until Sunday Reviewer: Kate Herbert IT IS rare to see German writer Goethe on stage in Melbourne. This production of his major play, Faust, directed by Fredric Lleaf, is economical and effective in its staging...     

                                                                                                          The love story behind Narnia   Herald Sun, 27-11-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 057, 287 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Shadowlands Where and when: Athenaeum Theatre 2, until December 8 Reviewer: Kate Herbert EARLY in the new year C.S. Lewis's children's book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, takes to the stage. Meanwhile, we can see a snippet of Lewis's personal...   

                                                                                                            Changeling an adventure gone wrong   Herald Sun, 25-11-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 084, 238 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Changeling Where and when: La Mama at the Courthouse, until Saturday ENGLISH Jacobean playwrights of the early 1600s wrote two types of performances. One was the court masques that were glossy spectacles equivalent to our peppy musicals. The othe...                                                                                                             
 Puppy love rattles shallow yuppies   Herald Sun, 20-11-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 062, 333 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Sweet Phoebe, by Michael Gow Where and when: The Store Room, Fitzroy, until December 1 SWEET Phoebe, staged by Araucous Productions, is a play about a couple searching for a missing dog. Helen (Sandra Rucins) and Frazer (Mark Blackmore) are the ultim...                       

                                                                                        Talking up a heap of faith   Herald Sun, 18-11-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 084, 235 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Rapture by Joanna Murray-Smith Where and when: Merlin Theatre, Malthouse, until November 30 THERE is a question asked in Rapture: What do the godless do when their best friends discover faith? In this middle-class faithless society, couples such as t...                       

                                                                                        Almost a knockout   Herald Sun, 11-11-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 089, 280 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Sugar: The Story of a Boxer Where and when: La Mama at Carlton Courthouse, until Saturday TWO-PERSON clown shows are becoming de rigeur on Melbourne's fringe-theatre circuit. Sugar: The Story of a Boxer, by Joseph Sherman and Nick Papas, is a slight,...                                                                                                             

  Redstitch's difficult child   Herald Sun, 04-11-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 102, 284 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Play About the Baby Where and when: Redstitch Actors Theatre, Inkerman St, St Kilda, until Nov 24 HAVING not seen more recent works by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee, I have only early works to compare with this, his latest play. ...                                                                                                             
 

 Emily's winning ways   Herald Sun, 01-11-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 097, 367 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Emily of Emerald Hill Where and when: George Fairfax Studio, Victorian Arts Centre, until tomorrow Reviewer: Kate Herbert IT IS not the play so much as Ivan Heng's performance that makes Emily of Emerald Hill an extraordinary theatrical experience. H...    
                                                                                                            
Giving birth to chaos   Herald Sun, 29-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 045, 392 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Genesi - From the Museum of Sleep by Societas Raffaello Sanzio Where and when: State Theatre, Sunday GENESIS, the genetic, the genital: all are elements of Genesi - From the Museum of Sleep. Director Romeo Castellucci takes the first book of the Old ...               

                                                                                                Bathed in surrealism   Herald Sun, 28-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 084, 289 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
THEATRE REVIEW Mil Quinientos Metros Sobre el Nivel de Jack Where and when: Black Box until November 2 Reviewer: Kate Herbert THE emotional force is like an ocean -- or in the case of this play -- a bathtub. Mil Quinientos Metros Sobre el Nivel de Ja...                                                                                                             


 Arresting modern take on a madwoman   Herald Sun, 25-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 095, 390 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Medea Where and when: Horti Hall until November 2 HELL hath no fury like a woman scorned, Shakespeare said. Medea is the ultimate in vengeful women. Her husband Jason dumps her for a younger, richer, more influential woman. The King banishes her with...                                                                                                             
 Marionettes march to an adult tune   Herald Sun, 22-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 051, 405 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Tinka's New Dress Where and when: Fairfax Studio until Sunday THESE puppets are not for kids. Never have marionettes been so wicked, moving and overtly political as in Ronnie Burkett's Tinka's New Dress. In Burkett's adroit hands they are bawdy and a...                                                                                                             
 Brutal issues exposed   Herald Sun, 21-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 084, 229 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Fire, Fire Burning Bright, by Neminuwarlin Performance Group and Jirrawun Aboriginal Arts Where and when: State Theatre, Sunday. Reviewer: Kate Herbert. A NY performance of Aboriginal stories on a conventional stage has political echoes. This story a...                                                                                                             
 Season of fear and lust   Herald Sun, 18-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 100, 313 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Still, by Jane Bodie; A Piece of Pie, by Rik Brown; Gangland, by Mirra Todd Where and when: The Store Room, until Sunday THE Store Room in Fitzroy is maintaining its reputation for interesting programming. Its second season of plays for the Fringe Fe...                                                                                                             
 When theatre and life become entwined   Herald Sun, 14-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 413 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Interior Sites Project WE ARE all voyeurs in some way. We peer through windows into cosy, well-lit rooms. Real dramas and real-life television fascinate us. The Interior Sites Project by IRAA Theatre is theatre verite...                                                                                                           .  
 Brassy, bold Dolly a delight   Herald Sun, 11-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 097, 272 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
MUSICAL REVIEW Hello Dolly! Music and lyrics: Jerry Herman By: The Production Company Where and when: State Theatre, until tomorrow Reviewer: Kate Herbert AMANDA Muggleton plays Dolly Levi, the bossy, scheming matchmaker, with a touch of Mae West. Mu...           
                                                                                                 
    Improvised show is a Bard thing   Herald Sun, 07-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 088, 455 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
OUT damned spot, says a woman to her stained laundry. This was not Shakespeare's intention for Lady Macbeth's words but it could be part of the coming improvised Shakespeares by Impro Melbourne. Allow me to declare my hand here: I am the foolish dire...                                                                                                             
   Angina runs out of puff   Herald Sun, 07-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 089, 253 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Angina Monologues Where and when: Trades Hall, until October 19 THE Angina Monologues begins by promising to be a challenging, dark, comic walk through death. The title of Simon Kennedy's one-man show is attention grabbing. The opening story, abo...                 
                                                                                           
    Of sweet and sour   Herald Sun, 01-10-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 054, 408 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Spoilt, by Kirsty Fraser and Laura Sheedy Where and when: The Store Room, Parkview Hotel, Fitzroy, until Sunday Reviewer: THE Fringe Festival is always a mixed feast of tasty and ordinary fare. The Store Room in Fitzroy has a veritable banquet of 13 ...          

                                                                                                     Great magic   Herald Sun, 27-09-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 086, 357 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Adapted by: Simon Phillips, Melbourne Theatre Company Where and when: Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre, until October 12 THE multiple stories of Great Expectations are rich and the gallery of characters fascinati...                 

                                                                                              Xenophobia brings on a slight Fever   Herald Sun, 23-09-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 108, 338 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Fever, by Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and Irine Vela, Melbourne Workers Theatre Where and when: Trades Hall, until October 5 WHERE does the fever in the nation burn hottest? This was the challenging question a...                                                                                                             
  
The truth is an intense experience   Herald Sun, 16-09-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 355 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Simple Truth Where and when: The Malthouse, until October 5 THERE is a disturbing quality to Michael Gurr's new play, The Simple Truth. It challenges an audience to stay alert, to keep abreast of its wave-like motion and to comprehend its twists ...                                                                                                             
 Actors are really good sports   Herald Sun, 17-07-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 054, 386 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Distance doesn't deter theatre companies from parallel shows, writes KATE HERBERT in San Francisco SAN Francisco is 14 hours from Melbourne but that hasn't deterred two improvisation theatre companies doing parallel seasons of Theatresports. Theatres...    
                                                                                                         
  Snapshots create a picture of life   Herald Sun, 24-06-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 083, 345 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Week Where and when: 251 High St, Northcote, until June 30 THERE is something charming and delightful about Week, by Platform Youth Theatre. A cast of 23, aged 16 to 25, write and perform a show based on one week in their lives. The result is a serie...                                                                                                             
 Daughters' passions simmer   Herald Sun, 10-06-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 100, 297 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Casa d'Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca Where and when: School of Drama, VCA Studio 45, Sturt St, until tomorrow FEDERICO Garcia Lorca's play Casa d'Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba) is written for six older women, and all the six actors are very young ...                                                                                                             
  In June . . . the flaws do matter   Herald Sun, 07-06-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 093, 280 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
June . . . the place does not matter A CIA production Where and when: La Mama carpark until tomorrow THE Bouffon is a wonderful and strange form of theatre with its roots in medieval France...                                                                                                           .  
 

 Drug parable's vision impaired   Herald Sun, 03-06-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 090, 381 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEWTHEATRE The Lord of Misrule, by Sam Sejavka Where and when: La Mama at The Courthouse, until June 15 S AM Sejavka's play, The Lord of Misrule, is a contemporary gothic parable about drug addiction and inner-urban angst. Sejavka employs his ecce...                                                                                                             

  Out-of-space Aliens off the pace   Herald Sun, 31-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 086, 292 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEW THEATRE The Aliens, by Jackie Smith Where and when: La Mama, until June 16 IN AN Australian country town, secrets, prejudices and lies have festered since Lizzy (Liz Welch) left town 12 years ago. The Aliens was co-winner of the Patrick White ...                                                                                                             
 Roulette spins four fine stories   Herald Sun, 29-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 056, 396 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Roulette B Where and when: Chapel off Chapel, until June 1 Reviewer: Kate Herbert PROGRAM B of Roulette by Raimondo Cortese is no disappointment. Like Program A, it comprises four short plays -- each a gem. As a group, they provide a landscape of see...                 
                                                                                               
Hot Shoe has them stomping and hooting   Herald Sun, 27-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 410 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Hot Shoe Shuffle Written by: Larry Buttrose and Kathryn Riding Choreographed by: David Atkins and Dein Perry Musical direction: Robert Gavin Where and when: Athenaeum I, until June 15 IF YOU want peppy, Hot Shoe Shuffle is your show. It is exhilarati...                                                                                                           


 Compelling proof that love counts   Herald Sun, 24-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 097, 362 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Proof, by David Auburn, Melbourne Theatre Company Where and when: Playhouse, until June 22 WHAT a joy when a play touches us so sweetly and profoundly as does Proof by US playwright David Auburn. It is superbly written, compellingly performed, clever...         
                                                                                                    
   Issue simplified   Herald Sun, 20-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 099, 206 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEW THEATRE The Waiting Room Where and when: Trades Hall, until June 1 LET me declare my hand here. I am a critic of our Federal Government's policies on refugees. There are many issues to be discussed and many opinions on these policies need to b...                                                                                                              
  Roulette's delightful spin   Herald Sun, 20-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 100, 274 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Roulette A Where and when: Chapel off Chapel, until June 1 ROULETTE, a collection of plays by Raimondo Cortese and Ranters Theatre, is a movable feast that reappears often -- and with variations. It changes venues and cities -- even the number of the...        
                                                                                                     
   Milo is the life and death of the party   Herald Sun, 14-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 051, 360 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Milo's Wake Where and when: Merlin Theatre, Malthouse, until May 25 MILO'S Wake is a romp if nothing else. Margery and Michael Forde's play has a comical premise that carries it only so far. Milo is an Irish migrant in Brisbane, saddened by his life...               
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 It's Her Majesty's crowning glory   Herald Sun, 10-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 091, 393 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Hollow Crown, by Royal Shakespeare Company Where and when: Her Majesty's Theatre, until May 19 LET'S face it. These actors are so good they could read the phone book backwards and it would be compelling. They belong to the last generation of Brit...    
                                                                                                           Stories of fighting families are confusing   Herald Sun, 08-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 057, 340 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Reckage Where and when: Chapel off Chapel, until May 26 PLAYWRIGHT Tony Reck's two short plays are billed under the one title, Reckage. Both deal with the wreckage of a family in the wake of a father's violence. The two are non-linear, non-narrative ...          

                                                                                                     Boozy trio are really very stylish   Herald Sun, 07-05-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 045, 308 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Dunny Where and when: La Mama at the Courthouse, Carlton, until Saturday THREE of the most vulgar, drunken and foul-mouthed Aussie males are the subject of The Dunny, written and directed by Daniel Lillford. Astoundingly, Lillford manages to make...             
                                                                                                
  Light touch diminishes play's power   Herald Sun, 30-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 053, 278 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Richard III Where and when: Playhouse, until May 11 BELL Shakespeare Company produces several Shakespeares each year with varying degrees of success but always a challenging attack on the Bard's plays. Michael Gow directs this production. It is contr...                                                                                                             
  Keene's keen eye on redundancy blues   Herald Sun, 29-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 091, 377 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Scissors, Paper, Rock Keene Taylor Theatre Project Where and when: 45 Downstairs 45 Flinders Lane, until May 12 Reviewer: Kate Herbert KEENE Taylor's sensitive, realistic and trim
 script deals with a redundant worker's descent through depression into...                                                                                                            
    Wit still identifiable   Herald Sun, 22-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 097, 281 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, by Brad Fraser Where and when: Red Stitch Theatre, 80 Inkerman St, St Kilda until May 5 IT IS some years since we saw a production of this play by Canadian Brad Fraser. Though it dates a little,...                                                                                                             

  Despair in the bush   Herald Sun, 22-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 100, 313 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Paradise Where and when: La Mama until May 5 Bookings: 9347 6142 Reviewer: Kate Herbert T HE lives of ordinary people are not always represented in theatre unless in community projects. Tes Lyssiotis, in her new play Paradise, puts a magnifying glass...               
                                                                                                Britannia helmsman shows a leaning to port   Herald Sun, 19-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 088, 232 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Port Out Starboard Home: in company of Chris Addison Where and when: Melbourne Town Hall, until Sunday C HRIS Addison is like Hugh Grant on speed: dead charming, a bit of a toffy-nosed Brit and a self-declared ``middle-class, woolly left, Guardian re...                                                 
                                                              The Troubles with nonsense   Herald Sun, 16-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 055, 330 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Say Nothing Where and when: Lower Melbourne Town Hall, until April 21 Reviewer: Kate Herbert THIS is an extraordinary and skilful piece of absurd theatre. Two British actors, David Woods and Jon Hough, stand face-to-face atop a suitcase filled with g...    
                                                                                                           Angela a woman of the worlds   Herald Sun, 15-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 089, 329 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Still Angela Where and when: Playbox at Merlyn Theatre, until April 27 Reviewer: Kate Herbert IT MAY not be possible to explain a Jenny Kemp theatre experience in words, but here goes. Still Angela is written and directed with provocative flair by Ke...                                                                                                              
  In need of a disciple   Herald Sun, 15-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 292 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Richard Herring in Christ on a Bike Where and when: 7 Alfred Place, city, until Sunday RICHARD Herring's show starts badly, but is worth it for its 10 minutes of wild theorising about the Gospels. Herring needs to work on his audience relationship, h...                                                                                                             
  
As weird as it gets   Herald Sun, 12-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 087, 307 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
COMEDY The Journals Where and when: 7 Alfred Place, city, until April 21 LET'S face it -- the Brits have a handle on comedy like no other nation. John Hegley and Simon Munnery in their joint show, The Journals, are proof. Hegley is Elvis Costello wit...        
                                                                                                      
  The right chord   Herald Sun, 10-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 056, 366 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Fall of the Roman Umpire PEOPLE'S personal histories are endlessly fascinating. Dennis Coard has written his life into a charming and cheeky one-man show. Coard's play is a self-narrated journey starting from his childhood emigration from Ireland...    
                                                                                                        
    Variety is the spice   Herald Sun, 01-04-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 096, 257 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Eccentric Acts Where and when: Theatreworks, until Sunday T HIS is a goofy show because the original vaudeville routines on which the production is based are indeed eccentric acts. The show is a collage of clown, music, juggling and old film footage...       
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   Men's secrets   Herald Sun, 25-03-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 084, 380 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Uncle Bob by Austin Pendleton, Red Stitch Theatre Where and when: 80 Inkerman St, St Kilda, until April 7 A TWO-HANDER is difficult to write and stage. No third character can enter and change the dynamic. Austin Pendleton's play, Uncle Bob, does it w...                                                                                                             
 

 Deathly show has a funny side   Herald Sun, 20-03-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 059, 263 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Four Small Deaths by Stephen Davis Where and when: Chapel off Chapel until March 24 Bookings: 8290 7000 FOUR unrelated monologues featuring four or more deaths comprise Stephen Davis's script, Four Small Deaths, directed by Tom Gutteridge. The pieces...                                                                                                          

 It's a great night times three   Herald Sun, 15-03-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 085, 302 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Life X 3 by Yasmina Reza Where and when: Playhouse until April 13 Y ASMINA Reza's plays are generally audience-friendly, and Life X 3 is no exception. This Melbourne Theatre Company production has the added asset of Geoffrey Rush in a fine cast direc...                                                                                                             
  
Captain Cook misses the boat   Herald Sun, 15-03-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 087, 301 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Counting Icebergs Where and when: Cooks Cottage, until March 24 COOKS Cottage in the Fitzroy Gardens is a pixie house with a basil-scented garden, an enjoyable environ-ment for a historical play. Cook and his wife, Eliza-beth, never lived in the cott...                                                             
                                                  Bull's-eye for Dyson   Herald Sun, 13-03-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 056, 365 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Bull-Ant Where and when: Theatreworks until March 23 THEY'RE ``funny bastards, and they hurt'', says the publicity for Bill Garner and Sue Gore's The Bull-Ant. The bull ant in question refers not only to the grotesque, stinging insect we love to ...                                       
                                                                        Fest fails faithful   Herald Sun, 12-03-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 061, 365 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
THE Adelaide Festival is dear to my heart. I attend for a dose of inspiration from exceptional international and local performance companies. This year was disappointing. Peter Sellars, the flamboyant Californian who resigned as artistic director, ha...                
                                                                                               Shakespeare's women speak   Herald Sun, 12-03-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 062, 215 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEW THEATRE The Loves of Shakespeare's Women Where and when: Athenaeum Theatre, March 6-7 Reviewer: Kate Herbert WE REMEMBER Susannah York as a luminous blonde screen beauty in movies. The Loves of Shakespeare's Women is another step in her return...                                                                                                             
  
Eat your art out   Herald Sun, 02-03-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: W21, 261 words , WEEKEND
IF EPHEMERAL art means having a limited shelf life, artist Tony Beilby has taken the idea literally. Last week a big, fat sausage in a plastic package, use-by date March 4, was placed in an airtight perspex box at Eltham's Dynamic Vegies. It is part ...                                                                                                              
  Terror in an abandoned shack   Herald Sun, 26-02-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 056, 328 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEW THEATRE Moon Babies, by Patrick van der Werf Where and when: La Mama, until this Sunday ACTOR Don Bridges gives a compelling performance in this production of Moon Babies by Patrick van der Werf and directed by Peta Hanrahan. He plays a peculi...                                                                                                              
  Messages lose clout   Herald Sun, 22-02-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 090, 350 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Blak Inside 3 -- Casting Doubts and Crow Fire Where and when: Beckett Theatre, until tomorrow BLAK Inside 3 is the third week in the Playbox-Ilbijeri collaboration. The two plays confront challenging contemporary issues with varying success. Casting ...                                                                                                             
 O so desperate, dark and funny   Herald Sun, 18-02-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 090, 404 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
3 Dark Tales by Theatre O Where and when: Merlyn Theatre, until Wednesday WE ARE all living lives of quiet desperation but none so blatantly as the three characters in 3 Dark Tales. Theatre O from the UK creates one of the finest physical, visual and...                                                                                                             
 
 The right story   Herald Sun, 13-02-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 056, 347 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Ticket to Ride; VCA School of Drama Directors' Season Speaking in Tongues: by Andrew Bovell Journeys in a Suitcase: by Tanja Beer One Good Useless Man: by Michael Block Where and when: Grant Street Theatre until tonight ONE important skill of a direc...                                                                       
                                     
    Off the cuff and into true love   Herald Sun, 13-02-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 057, 466 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FOR 15 years he waited for his true love. He was 26 when they met, but she was only 16 and felt like jailbait. To his despair, she grew up and married someone else. But one day the marriage ended and she found him still patiently waiting...                                                                                                           ...                                                                                                              
  Art down under   Herald Sun, 12-02-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 055, 351 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Blink and you could miss this art space, writes KATE HERBERT IF YOU think artists' exhibition spaces are large galleries with loads of wall and floor space for enormous works, think again. CuSp is a mere 1.5 x 2.5m. It perches in the window of an art...                                                                                                          
     No cure for time's ravages   Herald Sun, 01-02-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 084, 378 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Sweet Bird of Youth, Tennessee Williams Performed by: Melbourne Theatre Company. Where and when: Playhouse, until March 2. Reviewer: Kate Herbert IN TENNESSEE Williams' 1959 play Sweet Bird of Youth, names serve to describe the characters. Chance is...    
                                                                                                            
Frightful experiment   Herald Sun, 30-01-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 049, 407 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A repellent version of Macbeth is scary stuff, writes KATE HERBERT I T WAS a wild old weekend visiting the Sydney Festival to see the French Theatre du Soleil and Barcelona's La Fura dels Baus. Neither is coming to Melbourne. Nobody asked them. La Fu...                                                                                                             
 Dyke shequel a comic hoot   Herald Sun, 29-01-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 050, 357 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
My Life As a Dyke Too -- The Shequel Where and when: La Mama until February 16 DON'T judge this show by its title. It is not an over-the-top politically correct show appealing only to lesbians. My Life As A Dyke Too -- The Shequel, is a genuinely fun...                                                                                                            
    Script letdown   Herald Sun, 28-01-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 082, 338 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Shush Where and when: La Mama at Carlton Courthouse, until February 9 Bookings: 9347 6142 Reviewer: Kate Herbert COMING out as a lesbian to the family is difficult enough. Add to this being an incest victim of one's grandfather and you have a familia...                                                                                                             
 Kylie's love songs carry the show   Herald Sun, 23-01-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 049, 337 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEW MUSICAL I Should Be So Lucky By David Knox Where and when: Chapel off Chapel, until February 3 BLEND a heap of Kylie songs with a gay relationships self-help book and you get this show. David Knox's sell-out new musical, I Should Be So Lucky, i...                                                                                                             
 Static, but a success   Herald Sun, 21-01-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 082, 241 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Women in Love, adapted by Julia Britton Where and when: Rippon Lea throughout summer DH. LAWRENCE captivates the mind with his impassioned and controversial novel, Women in Love. It is a treatise on relationships, love, passion, friendship and the di...                                                                                                             
 
 Bawdy fun brings the gardens alive   Herald Sun, 07-01-2002, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 073, 382 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Twelfth Night Where and when: Royal Botanic Gardens until 26 January STAGING a play in the Botanic Gardens is almost failsafe. We arrive with blanket, picnic hamper and bottle of wine. The ducks quack and the bats emerge. Only a stray police helicopt...                                                                                                           

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