2001 Reviews Kate Herbert
The following are all reviews published in Herald Sun during 2001. They are still available through www.newstext.com.au
They will all be uploaded in full soon. KH
Masterful Muggleton Herald Sun, 17-12-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 106, 332 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Masterclass Where and when: Playhouse until January 20 FOR a second opening night in two years, Amanda Muggleton propelled a Melbourne audience to its feet in applause. Muggleton reprises her role as Maria Callas in Terrence McNally's play Masterclas...
Jackson lights up for the show Herald Sun, 12-12-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 067, 432 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
PAUL Jackson prefers to sit in the dark at the back of the theatre on opening nights of his shows. Ironically, he is a lighting designer. You may not even be conscious of the stage lighting in a show, particularly if a designer has a subtle touch. Ja...
PAUL Jackson prefers to sit in the dark at the back of the theatre on opening nights of his shows. Ironically, he is a lighting designer. You may not even be conscious of the stage lighting in a show, particularly if a designer has a subtle touch. Ja...
Morning after the . . . what? Herald Sun, 11-12-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 057, 308 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Ride Where and when: Beckett Theatre, Malthouse, until this Saturday Bookings: 9685 5111 Reviewer: Kate Herbert T HE plot of Jane Bodie's witty two-hander, Ride, may be outside some people's experience altogether. We can only hope so. A man and woman...
Ride Where and when: Beckett Theatre, Malthouse, until this Saturday Bookings: 9685 5111 Reviewer: Kate Herbert T HE plot of Jane Bodie's witty two-hander, Ride, may be outside some people's experience altogether. We can only hope so. A man and woman...
Tarnished Rose Herald Sun, 07-12-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 099, 422 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Silver Rose Where and when: La Mama until December 16 Bookings: 9347 6142 RICHARD Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier forms the basis for Silver Rose, a play written by Kate O'Brien and directed by Lloyd Jones. Unfortunately, the play does not rise to the le...
Silver Rose Where and when: La Mama until December 16 Bookings: 9347 6142 RICHARD Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier forms the basis for Silver Rose, a play written by Kate O'Brien and directed by Lloyd Jones. Unfortunately, the play does not rise to the le...
Riveting tale of murder told with grace Herald Sun, 30-11-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 305 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEWTHEATRE Alias Grace Where and when: The Annexe, Trades Hall, until December 9 A FINE collaboration between actor, director and designer is always a treat. Combined with a wonderful stage adaptation of a book by award-winning novelist Margaret A...
REVIEWTHEATRE Alias Grace Where and when: The Annexe, Trades Hall, until December 9 A FINE collaboration between actor, director and designer is always a treat. Combined with a wonderful stage adaptation of a book by award-winning novelist Margaret A...
Rewarding night with a master Herald Sun, 30-11-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 352 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEWMIME Marcel Marceau Where and when: Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre, until December 5 THERE was a mood of anticipation before the curtain rose on Marcel Marceau. We were in the presence of a theatrical legend and we hoped his 78 years had not ...
REVIEWMIME Marcel Marceau Where and when: Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre, until December 5 THERE was a mood of anticipation before the curtain rose on Marcel Marceau. We were in the presence of a theatrical legend and we hoped his 78 years had not ...
Best left to the bard Herald Sun, 23-11-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 091, 218 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEW THEATRE William 37 IT IS puzzling why playwright/director Adam Cass chose to write this play based on Shakespeare's 37 plays -- puzzling mainly because it struggles to work as a piece of theatre. Seven actors appear in Cass's 90-minute narrati...
REVIEW THEATRE William 37 IT IS puzzling why playwright/director Adam Cass chose to write this play based on Shakespeare's 37 plays -- puzzling mainly because it struggles to work as a piece of theatre. Seven actors appear in Cass's 90-minute narrati...
Magical spell of threads that bind Herald Sun, 20-11-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 053, 334 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Inside Out Where and when: Brunswick Mechanics Institute until December 1. Reviewer: Kate Herbert THE development of new theatrical work with inexperienced actors can be magical. With Inside Out, director Nadja Kostich has created such a work -- a mo...
Inside Out Where and when: Brunswick Mechanics Institute until December 1. Reviewer: Kate Herbert THE development of new theatrical work with inexperienced actors can be magical. With Inside Out, director Nadja Kostich has created such a work -- a mo...
Luck of the Irish Herald Sun, 19-11-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 090, 315 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Stones in his Pockets Performed by: Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Companies Where and when: Fairfax Studio, Victorian Arts Centre, until Dec 15 Reviewer: Kate Herbert T HE Irish are often represented as eccentric, cute and quirky; they must be bored t...
Stones in his Pockets Performed by: Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Companies Where and when: Fairfax Studio, Victorian Arts Centre, until Dec 15 Reviewer: Kate Herbert T HE Irish are often represented as eccentric, cute and quirky; they must be bored t...
Paradise misplaced Herald Sun, 13-11-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 048, 290 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Beyond the Gate of Heavenly Peace Where and when: La Mama at Carlton Courthouse, until November 24 Reviewer: Kate Herbert T HE image of a Chinese student standing resolute in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square is indelibly printed on our psyche. Bey...
Beyond the Gate of Heavenly Peace Where and when: La Mama at Carlton Courthouse, until November 24 Reviewer: Kate Herbert T HE image of a Chinese student standing resolute in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square is indelibly printed on our psyche. Bey...
Theatre to die for Herald Sun, 05-11-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 102, 174 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Lucky Stiff, book & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Music by Stephen Flaherty Where and when: Chapel off Chapel Reviewer: Kate Herbert A CORPSE is on stage in Lucky Stiff. Yes, a corpse. A live actor spends two hours playing dead in this US musical written in...
Lucky Stiff, book & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Music by Stephen Flaherty Where and when: Chapel off Chapel Reviewer: Kate Herbert A CORPSE is on stage in Lucky Stiff. Yes, a corpse. A live actor spends two hours playing dead in this US musical written in...
A beautiful midsummer night Herald Sun, 05-11-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 104, 315 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Midsummer Night's Dream Where and when: Studio 45, 45 Sturt St, Southbank, until November 18 THE usually austere Studio 45 at the Victorian College of the Arts Drama School has been transformed into a fairy forest. The entry space, contrived as Duk...
A Midsummer Night's Dream Where and when: Studio 45, 45 Sturt St, Southbank, until November 18 THE usually austere Studio 45 at the Victorian College of the Arts Drama School has been transformed into a fairy forest. The entry space, contrived as Duk...
Thank god for some light relief Herald Sun, 26-10-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 095, 320 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Thank God for the Idiot Box Where and when: La Mama at the Carlton Courthouse, until Oct 27 THERE is so much sophisticated, hyped-up performance on during the Melbourne Festival, it is refreshing to see a bunch of teenagers doing a show they created ...
Thank God for the Idiot Box Where and when: La Mama at the Carlton Courthouse, until Oct 27 THERE is so much sophisticated, hyped-up performance on during the Melbourne Festival, it is refreshing to see a bunch of teenagers doing a show they created ...
Lies, damned lies and improvisation Herald Sun, 24-10-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 053, 418 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
IF IMPROVISATION is an elaborate form of lying, I have been lying elaborately in Australia, the US, Canada and New Zealand since 1985. Most recently I've done so in the improvisers' heaven in San Francisco -- at the Bay Area Theatresports (BATS) Impr...
IF IMPROVISATION is an elaborate form of lying, I have been lying elaborately in Australia, the US, Canada and New Zealand since 1985. Most recently I've done so in the improvisers' heaven in San Francisco -- at the Bay Area Theatresports (BATS) Impr...
Big Apple carrot Herald Sun, 24-10-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 054, 301 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
AUSTRALIAN actors are succeeding in Hollywood, but our playwrights still struggle to get a gig overseas. The Australian National Playwrights Centre is trying to redress this. Artistic director May-Brit Ackerholt has announced scripts to be sent to Ne...
AUSTRALIAN actors are succeeding in Hollywood, but our playwrights still struggle to get a gig overseas. The Australian National Playwrights Centre is trying to redress this. Artistic director May-Brit Ackerholt has announced scripts to be sent to Ne...
As right as rain Herald Sun, 08-10-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 090, 589 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEWSTAGE Singin' in the Rain, by Betty Comden and Stanley Donen, music by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed T HE opening night crowd at the Regent Theatre burst into spontaneous applause as the stage rain fell from the theatrical sky. My witty gue...
REVIEWSTAGE Singin' in the Rain, by Betty Comden and Stanley Donen, music by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed T HE opening night crowd at the Regent Theatre burst into spontaneous applause as the stage rain fell from the theatrical sky. My witty gue...
Our virtual stage Herald Sun, 15-08-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 054, 561 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
EVER needed to settle a pub bet about Mel Gibson's early Shakespeare work or Geoffrey Rush's life before Shine? Now you can check old reviews and show your mates whether Nicole Kidman could act or not. Aus Stage is a website in development to be laun...
EVER needed to settle a pub bet about Mel Gibson's early Shakespeare work or Geoffrey Rush's life before Shine? Now you can check old reviews and show your mates whether Nicole Kidman could act or not. Aus Stage is a website in development to be laun...
Dangerous business Herald Sun, 01-08-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 054, 484 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
There may be no business like show business, but it is only just getting a safety guide, writes KATE HERBERT THEATRE is artifice, but theatre accidents are all too real. Julie Nihill has cut herself on broken crockery on stage, and circus performer A...
There may be no business like show business, but it is only just getting a safety guide, writes KATE HERBERT THEATRE is artifice, but theatre accidents are all too real. Julie Nihill has cut herself on broken crockery on stage, and circus performer A...
Yes, she has a banana Herald Sun, 14-07-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 110, 617 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
One actor is enjoying the fruit of her labours, writes LORETTA HALL THEATRE work can be hard to get in Melbourne. Jenny Lovell, an actor with 26 years' experience, has had to settle for a stage job that pays bananas. Lovell is rewarded with fruit for...
One actor is enjoying the fruit of her labours, writes LORETTA HALL THEATRE work can be hard to get in Melbourne. Jenny Lovell, an actor with 26 years' experience, has had to settle for a stage job that pays bananas. Lovell is rewarded with fruit for...
Hitting home Herald Sun, 12-05-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 109, 277 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
hit and run, by Kate Herbert Where and when: Carlton Courthouse, 349 Drummond St, until May 26 ON the surface, the title hit and run seems to refer to the accident that has claimed the life of two-year-old Jack. But it's the emotional hit on Jack's m...
hit and run, by Kate Herbert Where and when: Carlton Courthouse, 349 Drummond St, until May 26 ON the surface, the title hit and run seems to refer to the accident that has claimed the life of two-year-old Jack. But it's the emotional hit on Jack's m...
Heart of darkness Herald Sun, 08-05-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 057, 398 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A local playwright explores a mother's crippling grief, writes SARAH HUDSON THEY are faceless statistics. The innocent hit-and-run victims who merely happened to be in the wrong place at a very wrong time. For most of us they become a quick news flas...
Women make a nice meal of it Herald Sun, 24-03-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 099, 276 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Salt Where and when: Playbox Theatre at Beckett Theatre; until April 21 Reviewer: Kate Herbert MOTHERS and daughters. Food and kitchens. They seem part of the same picture. Mothers teach daughters to cook....
Salt Where and when: Playbox Theatre at Beckett Theatre; until April 21 Reviewer: Kate Herbert MOTHERS and daughters. Food and kitchens. They seem part of the same picture. Mothers teach daughters to cook....
At one with the players Herald Sun, 23-03-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 360 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Scenes of the Beginning from the End Where and when: Public Office carpark, Adderley St, West Melbourne, until March 25 Bookings: 9537 0772 Reviewer: Kate Herbert WE are meaning-makers. Our little synapses go mad hooking up seemingly disconnected ima...
Scenes of the Beginning from the End Where and when: Public Office carpark, Adderley St, West Melbourne, until March 25 Bookings: 9537 0772 Reviewer: Kate Herbert WE are meaning-makers. Our little synapses go mad hooking up seemingly disconnected ima...
Lust selfish by design Herald Sun, 16-03-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 369 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Design for Living By Noel Coward Where and when: Playhouse, until April 14 NOEL Coward was a prolific playwright and songwriter. His plays are full of witty dialogue and smart, urbane, often glib characters. Design for Living, written in 1932, is no ...
Design for Living By Noel Coward Where and when: Playhouse, until April 14 NOEL Coward was a prolific playwright and songwriter. His plays are full of witty dialogue and smart, urbane, often glib characters. Design for Living, written in 1932, is no ...
Mothballs no musty offering Herald Sun, 12-03-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 098, 288 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Mothballs Where and when: Chapel off Chapel until April 1 JACK Hibberd's style is recognisably idiosyncratic even after 30 or so years of writing for the Australian theatre. Mothballs, his latest monologue in a series of new plays, is performed with ...
Mothballs Where and when: Chapel off Chapel until April 1 JACK Hibberd's style is recognisably idiosyncratic even after 30 or so years of writing for the Australian theatre. Mothballs, his latest monologue in a series of new plays, is performed with ...
Going backwards on love Herald Sun, 02-03-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 306 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Betrayal THERE is a creeping fear in us all of betrayal by a lover, partner or friend. In Harold Pinter's 1978 play, Betrayal, a wife's affair with her husband's best friend for seven years is not the only treachery. Emma, played with great composure...
Betrayal THERE is a creeping fear in us all of betrayal by a lover, partner or friend. In Harold Pinter's 1978 play, Betrayal, a wife's affair with her husband's best friend for seven years is not the only treachery. Emma, played with great composure...
Pulling lots of strings Herald Sun, 23-02-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 092, 329 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Miss Tanaka Where and when: Playbox at Merlin Theatre until March 10 Bookings: 9685 5111 Reviewer: Kate Herbert JOHN Romeril's new play is a charming and pretty mixed-media production. It integrates puppetry, video, original composition and choreogra...
Miss Tanaka Where and when: Playbox at Merlin Theatre until March 10 Bookings: 9685 5111 Reviewer: Kate Herbert JOHN Romeril's new play is a charming and pretty mixed-media production. It integrates puppetry, video, original composition and choreogra...
Mysteries unravelled Herald Sun, 23-02-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 093, 344 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Mysteries Where and when: Beckett Theatre; until March 3 Bookings: 9685 5111 Reviewer: Kate Herbert MYSTERIES, a new short work by Daniel Keene, is a series of unconnected scenes rather than a play. Two great strengths of the production are the direc..
Mysteries Where and when: Beckett Theatre; until March 3 Bookings: 9685 5111 Reviewer: Kate Herbert MYSTERIES, a new short work by Daniel Keene, is a series of unconnected scenes rather than a play. Two great strengths of the production are the direc..
. Subtly hooked Herald Sun, 20-02-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 054, 376 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
My Brother the Fish Performed by: Dan Scollay Where and when: La Mama until Sunday WE ARE charmed, even as adults, by a simple and well-told story. My Brother the Fish is just that -- a poignant, evocative and sweet Irish tale. Dan Scollay is a magne...
My Brother the Fish Performed by: Dan Scollay Where and when: La Mama until Sunday WE ARE charmed, even as adults, by a simple and well-told story. My Brother the Fish is just that -- a poignant, evocative and sweet Irish tale. Dan Scollay is a magne...
Rod wields the baton Herald Sun, 14-02-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 088, 269 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Lest We Forget Where and when: Trades Hall until March 3 Reviewer: Kate Herbert R OD Quantock was at the S11 demonstration at Crown Casino on September 11. He says he was also a victim of the baton charge by the police that day. In his new show, Lest...
Lest We Forget Where and when: Trades Hall until March 3 Reviewer: Kate Herbert R OD Quantock was at the S11 demonstration at Crown Casino on September 11. He says he was also a victim of the baton charge by the police that day. In his new show, Lest...
Genocide story batters its audience Herald Sun, 13-02-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 058, 360 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Singing Forest Where and when: Theatreworks, from February 10 AUSCHWITZ is not unknown to us. We see documentary footage of the bodies, furnaces, gas chambers, graves and sheds in which enemies of the Third Reich were incarcerated and murdered. T...
The Singing Forest Where and when: Theatreworks, from February 10 AUSCHWITZ is not unknown to us. We see documentary footage of the bodies, furnaces, gas chambers, graves and sheds in which enemies of the Third Reich were incarcerated and murdered. T...
Dad, if you don't laugh, you'll cry Herald Sun, 12-02-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 089, 416 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEWSTAGE It's a Dad Thing! Where and when: Athenaeum Theatre; no closing date Reviewer: Kate Herbert THIS is the third incarnation of It's a Dad Thing! and the best by a long shot. Five men tell tales of the highs and lows of being a dad, ranging ...
REVIEWSTAGE It's a Dad Thing! Where and when: Athenaeum Theatre; no closing date Reviewer: Kate Herbert THIS is the third incarnation of It's a Dad Thing! and the best by a long shot. Five men tell tales of the highs and lows of being a dad, ranging ...
Just an ordinary man Herald Sun, 29-01-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 088, 367 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Dating Joe and Sunset BBQ Where and when: Chapel off Chapel, until February 4 Reviewer: Kate Herbert THE Midsumma Festival often has too many high-camp shows that represent gay stereotypes. Happily, Mark Fletcher's Dating Joe and Sunset BBQ are not o...
Dating Joe and Sunset BBQ Where and when: Chapel off Chapel, until February 4 Reviewer: Kate Herbert THE Midsumma Festival often has too many high-camp shows that represent gay stereotypes. Happily, Mark Fletcher's Dating Joe and Sunset BBQ are not o...
The subtle art of friendships Herald Sun, 26-01-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 067, 449 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art Where and when: Playhouse until February 24 DON'T waste any time. Book your ticket to Art right now -- then come back and read this. Got them? Good....
Art Where and when: Playhouse until February 24 DON'T waste any time. Book your ticket to Art right now -- then come back and read this. Got them? Good....
Compelling new look at life of Jesus Herald Sun, 20-01-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 106, 398 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Corpus Christi Where and when: Athenaeum II until February 4 LOOK what they did to him! say the apostles after Jesus is crucified in Corpus Christi. It is a poignant, simple and respectful ending to a play that has caused controversy among religious ..
Corpus Christi Where and when: Athenaeum II until February 4 LOOK what they did to him! say the apostles after Jesus is crucified in Corpus Christi. It is a poignant, simple and respectful ending to a play that has caused controversy among religious ..
. The big bang Herald Sun, 12-01-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 088, 348 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEWTHEATRE Man the Balloon Where and when: Melbourne Theatre Company at Fairfax Studio, until February 10 THE notion of spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is weird and hilarious and Matt Cameron's first full-length play for the MTC, Man the Balloo...
REVIEWTHEATRE Man the Balloon Where and when: Melbourne Theatre Company at Fairfax Studio, until February 10 THE notion of spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is weird and hilarious and Matt Cameron's first full-length play for the MTC, Man the Balloo...
Splendor on the grass Herald Sun, 08-01-2001, Ed: 1 - FIRST, Pg: 078, 272 words , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Romeo and Juliet Where and when: Royal Botanic Gardens THEATRE and the great outdoors do not always go together these days, despite the amphitheatres of ancient Greece and Shakespeare's roofless Elizabethan theatres. Glenn Elston's Australian Shakesp...
Romeo and Juliet Where and when: Royal Botanic Gardens THEATRE and the great outdoors do not always go together these days, despite the amphitheatres of ancient Greece and Shakespeare's roofless Elizabethan theatres. Glenn Elston's Australian Shakesp...
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