2025 Stage Door Reviews

The ever-groundbreaking fortyfive downstairs presents this challenging piece from Ben MacEllen, following one man’s experience coming out as trans in his rural community’s women’s club. Steeped in devastating truth, the play explores the reactions of characters from different walks of life, set to the backdrop of Australia’s 2017 marriage equality plebiscite.  Pat’s homely kitchen provides our meeting point for “Barb’s Bosom Buddies”, a group of women dedicated to honouring t

If you finally snapped, who would you turn to? This week the MC Showroom has the privilege of hosting the world premiere of Hamish Johnston’s Kitty Litter, an outrageous romp following the escapades of two people reunited on the worst night of their lives. This sharp-witted comedy unfolds into the mother of all messes, complete with revenge, duct tape, shattered glass, blood, Maccas, and the giant cat. Our audience was in stitches anticipating which direction we would be pull

“Freedom found only in the ultimate release.” The Aakash Odedra Company’s Songs of the Bulbul provides a captivating cultural exchange of Sufi myth in all respects.  Playing a limited season at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse, the solo dance piece follows the legend of the Bulbul (or nightingale) from its caged existence towards enlightenment. Blending intricate staging, expressive Kathak dance and poetic score, Songs of the Bulbul invites audiences to consider the fleeting