Review: The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man (Malthouse Theatre)
Famous Victorian’s deformed body is but the starting point for a challenging, moving play about spectacle, difference and identity.
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.
Famous Victorian’s deformed body is but the starting point for a challenging, moving play about spectacle, difference and identity.
This cinematic take on the Scottish play lacks some substance but is far from signifying nothing.
The familiar story of Orwell’s dystopian novel surprises and disturbs anew.
An excellent cast led by Marina Prior makes this economy-size production more than the sum of its parts.
A rare glimpse inside Dame Nellie’s country Victorian home, followed by high tea in the diva’s former garage.
Lally Katz’s laugh-out-loud peek inside a retirement village reveals how regret, ambition and the funny side of life never grow old.
Joanna Murray-Smith’s comedy-drama drops a bomb on comfortable coupled life.
Young dancers, both amateur and professional, deliver an exciting interpretation of William Golding’s novel.
Baroque sacred music gets a theatrical makeover in a bold outing by the Melbourne Con.
Declan Greene's queer farce gets audiences laughing hard and thinking even harder.