Author: Dr Josey De Rossi
Review: The Lost Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes by Innes Lloyd
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★★★★☆ As far as we know, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never envisioned his two famous detective characters, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as comedians. Oh no. At no stage did Doyle portray them as capable of slapstick routines, ear-splitting banter or tongue-twisting monologues. Yet Melbourne’s comedy duo Innes Lloyd have unashamedly…
Review: Katrina Mathers Anything But The Dyson and Other Excellent Monologues
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Katrina Mathers returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival after a 23-year hiatus with Anything But the Dyson and Other Excellent Monologues. Relaying how her long absence came about may be comical, but there’s raw courage in the way she survived cancer, twice, and then chose to branch out as…
Review: The Taming of the Shrew Melbourne Shakespeare Company
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Updating the themes of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew with exuberant showmanship puts the business of experiencing live performance at the centre of this production by Melbourne Shakespeare Company. In this case, director Emma Austin, together with set and costume designers Jemima Eva and Leah Downey, set up a…
