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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO DINOSAURS: Theatre Review

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WHAT: The World According To Dinosaurs WHEN: 24 May - 4 June 2023 WHERE: La Mama Courthouse WRITTEN BY: Belle Hansen and Amelia Newman DIRECTED BY: Cassandra Gray COMPOSITION & SOUND DESIGN BY: Jack Burmeister DESIGN BY: Casey Harper-Wood PERFORMED BY: Michael Cooper, Matilda Gibbs, Belle Hansen, Chris Patrick Hansen, Anna Louey, Amelia Newman, Izzy Patane, and Emily Pearson LIGHTING BY: Theo Viney STAGE MANAGED BY: Brigette Jennings Amelia Newman and Belle Hansen - Photo by Darren Gill The World According To Dinosaurs , now playing at La Mama Courthouse, is a full energy, singing, dancing, WTF dystopian brain explosion brought to us by Frenzy Theatre Co . Likening the extinction of dinosaurs to the extinction of humanity - and perhaps the planet - this coffee swilling, puppet wielding company take us far back in time, to the deepest depths of the ocean, and into a murky (perhaps not so far off) future and all in the space of 65 minutes. Frenzy are the same company which brought us
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WORSTWARD HO - Theatre Review

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WHAT: Worstward Ho WHEN: 24 May - 3 June 2023 WHERE: Theatre Works (Explosives Factory) WRITTEN BY: Samuel Beckett DIRECTED BY: Richard Murphet PERFORMED BY: Roberet Meldrum Rob Meldrum - photo by Chelsea Neate Worst. Better. Not worst. Say better. Done better. Not worst. Say done better. Say on. Better on. Done better on. Nohow. Somehow. On. Done on. Worstward Ho done on. Theatre Works Explosives Factory . Go now. Go in. Go how. Nohow. Somehow. Go on. The last text ever written by renowned playwright and novellist Samuel Beckett was the novella Worstward Ho . Under the auspices of the Victorian Theatre Company , Melbourne theatre legends, director Richard Murphet and actor Robert Meldrum have come together to turn this unique piece of writing to the stage as performance. Samuel Beckett's writings are notorious for their dystopian outlook, lingual density, and philosophical interogation. He is considered a surrealist writer and has written some of the most seminal theatre piece
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Location: 67 Inkerman St, St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia
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BEYOND THE BEEHIVE - AMY WINEHOUSE'S MUSICAL MASTERY: Music Review

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WHAT: Beyond The Beehive - Amy Winehouse's Musical Mastery WHEN: 18 - 21 May 2023 WHERE: The MC Showroom (Main Stage) CREATED BY: Carol Whitfield MUSICAL DIRECTION BY: Ryland Sack PERFORMED BY: Christine Rathjens, Rachel Reyes, Ryland Sack, Lucy Varley, and Carol Whitfield Ryland Sack, Carol Whitfield, Rachel Reyes, Christine Rathjens and Lucy Varley Amy Winehouse is one of the infamous 27 Club - famous musicians who died at at the age of 27. In her short life though, she made a global impact as a singer/songwriter spanning genres and fusing past influences with current ones. In Beyond The Beehive - Amy Winehouse's Musical Mastery , now playing at The MC Showroom , Carol Whitfield takes us through Winehouse's greatest hits and, along the way, gives us a masterclass on the singer's influences and impact. Starting from that timeless standard 'Rehab', Whitfield and her lively band cover all the key musical check marks which exemplify the range of Winehouse's
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Location: L1/50 Clifton St, Prahran VIC 3181, Australia
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MARIE ANTIONETTE: Theatre Review

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WHAT: Marie Antionette WHEN: 11 - 20 May, 2023 WHERE: The MUST Space WRITTEN BY: David Adjmi DIRECTED BY: Annabelle Wemyss SET BY: Suba Selvarajan COSTUMES BY: Marni McCubbin PERFORMED BY: Felicity Barrow, Luca Edwards, Tash Frost, Yemaya Greenwood, Bella Kourdoulos, Marlley McNamara, Esther Penman, Elena Ruefenacht, and Lindy Zurbos,  LIGHTING BY: Nicolani Susanto SOUND BY: Roni Corby STAGE MANAGED BY: Jay Seow Felicity Barrow and Elena Ruefenacht - photo by Julia Kaddatz If you like your theatre full of high wigs and great coats, Clayton is the place to go. MUST is presenting David Adjmi's Marie Antionette and the court of Louis XVI never looked so good. The play Marie Antionette is a kind of snapshot precis of the life and experiences of Marie Antionette from a few years after the coronation of Louis XVI. It is important to note this play is fiction, so it is dangerous to take it too literally although it does hit most of the high points of the generally known bullet point
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Location: Wellington Rd, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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