Review: Heartbreak Hotel (EBKM & Arts Centre Melbourne)
A Kiwi company explores heartbreak through a quirky, clever patchwork of drama, wry humour, music and science.
Patricia Maunder has been an arts journalist since the 1990s, interviewing the likes of Sir Andrew Davis and Renée Fleming, and contributing to publications such as The Age and Opera (UK). Based in Melbourne, she’s passionate about opera, theatre and anything Baroque.
A Kiwi company explores heartbreak through a quirky, clever patchwork of drama, wry humour, music and science.
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