December in Melbourne without the Speigeltent is a bit strange, but it gives us time to see other things.
Pretty Baby
Friday 13 Novemer ONLY
MTC, Lawler Studio
A playreading of Declan Greene's latest, commissioned by the MTC's Young and Emerging Artists program with Anne Browning, Georgina Capper, Francis Greenslade and Peter Houghton. What a cast!
14 November
And it was terrific! Dec is fearless, but his absurd (and Absurd) content always comes from and returns to the most delicate observation of our lives. Who else could have every women (and most of the men) in the audience empathising with a gelatinous blob and a swamp woman.
Africa
My Darling Patricia
Malthouse Theatre
Malthouse commissed this one, which runs until 29 November.
review
Trio
fortyfivedownstairs
Finishes on Sunday 15 November.
If you rightly love how Yvonne Virsik directs.
review
Diane Peters Trio
Sunday 15 November
Jazz Harp
Bennetts Lane
Short and Sweet
Chapel on Chapel
The annual short play festival has moved venues, but there's still three weeks of short plays. Some will be crap, some will be brilliant.
Mikelangelo and the Tin Star
Order of Melbourne
Friday 20 December
I haven't seen Mikelangelo's new posse, but how could they not be great?
