Nicole Eckersley
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Calpurnia Descending
Serious, hilarious, technically impressive theatre, complete with a dancing giant rat.

Closed for Maintenance
This is a work with three or four moments of total brilliance, a few problems and a large amount of…

Night on Bald Mountain
Malthouse has created a unique spectacle with Patrick White's little-performed work: a plywood Gothic Australian white tragedy

Party Banana
A mildly amusing send-up of art and music that, fortunately, comes with a built-in cash bar to help you drown…

Forklift
Nude skivvies, sequins, red lipstick, circus and contemporary dance finally come together.

Rupert
David Williamson’s new play is a comedy, but not quite a caricature.

Foxfinder
Red Stitch's production of Dawn King's play is a thoroughly laudable production; intriguing, well-executed and enjoyable.

Attempts on Her Life
A competent and interesting rendering of this complicated, contradictory work.

Button
This musing on loneliness, aging, fear and friendship is a bit of a hodgepodge, but ultimately enjoyable and insightful.

Scarborough
A quiet, detailed and very human examination of an intense but unsustainable love affair.