theatre

 Chiau Lin went to see Black Box 149, a play about the capture of aircraft passengers during the First Gulf War. Two ordinary people lead us through a nightmarish journey of fear, hostility and war. 

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FINAL chiau_lin_black_box_review.mp3

 If the world really were to end in December 2012 as the Mayan Calendar predicts, how would you live differently? Fresh new Melbourne arts group KIN Collaborative ask this very question in their new show, Until Tomorrow. Nat and Fin spoke to Belinda and William about the end of the world and other cheerful things.

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FINAL Until Tomorrow Interview.mp3

You may have heard of SARS and Swine flu, but have you ever heard of a dancing epidemic? Jesse Rasmussen from Four Larks Theatre caught up with Nat and Finbar to talk about The Plague Dances, their new play based on real historical dance epidemics, which involved a contagion causing people to dance uncontrollably and even to their deaths. It takes a critical look at msas hysteria through the ages.

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FINAL Four Larks The Plague Dances Interview.mp3

Beth and Nat review RAT playing at La Mama, a play of intersecting monologues about repression and failed dreams. RAT takes the dirty underbelly of life and drags it under the spotlight.  
 
Written by Chris Summers and Directed by Petra Kalive

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FINAL RAT review Nat and Beth.mp3

Nat spoke to Vlady and Billal from Nice productions about Three. One. Man. a triple bill of one man shows about everything from homelessness, to execution to running away with the circus.

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FINAL Three One Man Interview.mp3

 Sex and death. Two things that society seems fixated on. Beth went to see Stripped at La Mama, a one woman show that delves into the psyche of women and the suffering inherent in the human condition.

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FINAL Stripped La Mama Review Beth Mar 8.mp3

 Daniel and Sandra went to see Impro Melbourne's new show, Generations, a WWE-Style inter-generational improv showdown playing at The Space, on Carlton Rd in Prahran everyday in March. There's nothing like live impro.

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FINAL_Impro Melbourne_Sandra and Daniel Review.mp3

 Zoey Dawson is a director, actress and womens' theatre maker who has adapted Shakespeare's classic love story, Romeo and Juliet, into an all female exploration of the female teen experience. It tells the story of Juliet, of losing innocence, of first love and growing up. Beth and Nat talk to Zoey about female theatre and teen experience.

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Six ladies, one classic Shakespearean tragedy. Gut-busting comedy and heart-wrenching tragedy, Beth and Nat check out Zoey Dawson's all female rendition of The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet at fortyfivedownstairs.

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FINAL Romeo_and_Juliet_Review.mp3

 The Fallen Tree is the harrowing tale of Hannah, a young girl grappling with abuse against the backdrop of the tragic Black Saturday bushfires. Art Mitten's own Sonal Trehan takes a look at Christine Croyden's minimalistic and moving play about suffering and renewal. 

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FINAL The Fallen Tree Review Sonal.mp3