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Middle weekend reviews

It's the middle weekend of the 30th Melbourne Festival and the latest reviews and commentary are in.

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1984 (sold out)

"A powerful and potent adaptation." ★★★★ The Age

"1984 really does bring Nineteen Eighty-Four to life again." ★★★★ The Daily Review

"Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan conjure a compelling theatrical landscape." ★★★★☆ Herald Sun

Desdemona (sold out)

"A brave deconstruction of otherness; of American race relationships and the politics of gender." Alison Croggon, ABC Arts

"The ideas in Desdemona will provoke debate, the music is sublime." The Age

YOUARENOWHERE (sold out)

"A wondrous and disorienting sci-fi ride." ★★★★☆ The Age

"This is theatre in the sense that it could only be theatre and can only happen in a theatre. In that sense alone it is hugely exciting." Stage Whispers

Colm Mac Con Iomaire

★★★☆ The Age

Katie Noonan's Vanguard

★★★☆ The Age

Last Work

★★★★☆ The Age

Decadance

"A devastatingly effective odyssey." ★★★★☆ The Age

Photo: Decadance by David Harris

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