1998
Neil Finn
Thebarton Theatre
Reviewed by Murray Bramwell
Split Enz was a highly accomplished cubist band with wonky costumes and a repertoire of angular, elliptical songs when lead singer Tim Finn sent back to Te Awamutu for his younger brother. Enter Kid Eager. Neil Finn. With the sublime melody and harmonies ofI Got You, he showed Split Enz their true colours and propelled them into the Top Ten.
And Neil Finn just kept on going. After the Enz; …
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Europe
by Michael Gow
Melbourne Theatre Company
The Space
After a whistlestop tour of regional centres from Wagga and Launceston to Griffith and Russell Street, the MTC production of Europe has set up for what deserves to be a successful season in the Space.
For one thing, it is a good play and a keen reminder that Michael Gow deserves being made a fuss of. It is also a play that says more about history …
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Macbeth
William Shakespeare
State Theatre
Space
Reviewed by Murray Bramwell
The last time we saw Shakespeare performed in the Space was Neil Armfield’s Belvoir Company B repertory season of Hamlet and The Tempest. It was excellent chamber work which used the venue to great advantage. So it was a very great pity when Richard Roxburgh, playing Hamlet, did his cruciate on the second night, forcing the cancellation of an exemplary production.
The contrast with State Theatre’s ill-judged Macbeth…
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My Vicious Angel
Christine Evans
Vitalstatistix
Waterside
Reviewed by Murray Bramwell
With its charter as a National Women’s Theatre, Vitalstatistix has set itself a large task. But with Christine Evans’ new play My Vicious Angel the claim has taken tangible form. This fine work has been brought to life- given wings, as the playwright puts it- by an able cast and production team.
Imogen Thomas has created a simple, and portable, set consisting of a vertical steel climbing frame …
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