
By Jessica Blank and Erik Jansen. Sol3. Directed by Andrei Schiller-Chan. Chapel off Chapel. May 20th-June 7th, 2015. Two statements that are generalisations but nonetheless true. 1) Great theatre is exhilarating and transcendent. It touches something deep inside, enlightening and elevating each member of the audience. 2) Great theatre is as rare as hen’s teeth. Well it maybe rare, but it’s not difficult to find – in this case it’s just a… Read More
The Exonerated is a powerful play about death row and is being performed at Chapel off Chapel in The Loft. Directed by Andrei Schiller Chan, this play takes real life stories of people who have been sentenced to death only to be later exonerated of the crime – their life having been stolen from them even though they are still living. This play is so powerful that it was turned into a… Read More
Powerful stories from escapees of the death penalty By Myron My The death penalty has, and probably always will be, a contentious issue. There will be one side that states you have to pay for your crimes, while the other would say no-one has a right to take anyone’s lives. While no side can be universally claimed as “correct”, the Sol III Company‘s production of The Exonerated will have even the most staunch believer… Read More
Written by Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen The #1 play of the year…intense and deeply affecting… — NY Times Jordan has been cast as Kerry Max Cook in The Sol III Company’s production of The Exonerated. Directed by Andrei Schiller-Chan, The Exonerated will be showing at Chapel off Chapel between May 20th – June 7th A visceral drama illuminating the true stories of six survivors of death row. Unapologetic in its approach… Read More
By Cheryl Threadgold Mockingbird Theatre’s founder Chris Baldock, challenges traditional performance boundaries, treating audiences to innovative theatre experiences. The former Meat Market in North Melbourne is the atmospheric venue for the company’s latest production, Quills, by American playwright Doug Wright, set in 1807 in the French lunatic asylum, Charenton. Now operating as Arts House, the well-preserved 19th century building with meat hooks still protruding from walls, provides the ideal setting for re-creating… Read More
by Antony Steadman A play about the final days of the Marquis De Sade? We know immediately that the piece will be sexually charged, confrontational and debauched. Yes it is all these things, and so much more. Whilst the piece is not immediately loveable, it is certainly enjoyable on a more challenging, thought-provoking level. Chris Baldocks direction is bold and daring. Whilst some of the more intimate scenes are played at opposite… Read More
by Astrid Lawton Set amongst the British upper crust in 1920s Eton and Oxford, this Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre production explores the devastating consequences of ‘the love that dare not speak its name’ Barry Lowe’s 1988 script tells the coming-of-age story of Michael Davies (Kieran McShane), adopted son of Peter Pan author James Barrie (‘Uncle Jim’, played commandingly by Ian Rooney), and inspiration for the author’s stellar work. Whilst studying at Eton, Michael encounters… Read More
Review by Alex Paige Being unfamiliar with this play, I was a little perturbed by its title. To my great relief, The Death of Peter Pan turned out not to be an attempt to skewer one of my cherished childhood heroes. Instead, this multilayered, elegantly written and often challenging play tells the sad true story of 1920s Oxford University student Michael Llewelyn Davies – one of the adoptive sons of Peter Pan… Read More
Media posters are in and being distributed around Melbourne for the up coming season of The Death of Peter Pan. Bookings are now open at Chapel Off Chapel.