Kate Herbert Theatre Reviews

Kate Herbert is a Melbourne theatre reviewer at Arts Weekly 3MBS & formerly The Age (2022), Herald Sun, Melbourne Times. Kate is a director & playwright (21 plays). Pub. Currency Press. Teacher: Scriptwriting & Theatre Industry since 2019 at Melb Polytechnic; Worked as actor, comedian, improviser, teacher: Acting, Improvisation, Playwriting, was Head of Drama NMIT, Coordinator Writing/ Editing, Swinburne Uni 2010-18. Reviews at theage.com.au/culture/theatre or heraldsun.com.au/arts

Life is a Dream at Storeroom ***

David Strassman: Teddy’s Farewell Tour ***

Faces in the Crowd by Leo Butler ***

When The Rain Stops Falling, MTC ****

Terminus by Mark O’Rowe ****

And No More Shall We Part ***1/2

The Suicide Show ***

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ***1/2

Tale of the Golden Lease by Vigilantelope ***

A Black Joy by Declan Greene ***

Attract/Repel by Melbourne Town Players ***1/2

COOK: an exploration ***

Billy Twinkle – Requiem for a Golden Boy, by Ronnie Burkett

God of Carnage, MTC ****1/2

En Trance by Yumi Umiumare ****

Oedipus – A Poetic Requiem. Liminal Theatre ***

Chicago ***1/2

Rockabye, MTC, August 12, 2011 ***

Quartet: The Razor by Heiner Muller, by A Is For Atlas ***

The Boy Friend, The Production Company, Aug 12, 2009 ***1/2