oh my god this is so exciting!!!!!!! an atrocious blight on monash

oh my godddd. who? 👀

love simmering on a review! i didn’t love the show much at all but im still figuring out exactly how to talk about it

Plus, the inclusion of a lot of plot points verbatim from the original text muddy what this world is and where it goes. It’s a visionary show with an excellent team but I’m not really sure why this vision, you know? Anywho, go see it—it’s fun and there’s a LOT to chew on.

But on the whole the concept of adapting Miss Julie into a greek kitchen didn’t land for me; it felt forced and didn’t connect me to the original text or the present day in a substantially unique way.

Plus, there’s a chorus of like… 8(?) performers who accentuate the work with movement and voice in some really subtle and beautiful ways; LOVED those moments tbh (need more poetic movement on stage PLEASE)

My bestie Georgie Wolfe ate with the lighting design—told her last night that maybe it’s the best LX I’ve ever seen her do (but I am biased so) and Angelina Daniel’s versatile evocation of a professional kitchen was really effective and gorgeous to see.

although I specifically want to call out Fiorentino’s Italian pronunciation: totally took me out of the play every time he spoke in Italian (maybe this won’t piss you off as much if you don’t speak the language so).

There were some really high highs though! Izabella Yena is (as always) a powerhouse performer, while Annalise Gelagotis and Adam-Jon Fiorentino were pretty charismatic as the lovers of the play

interesting? Sure. Did it add much to the story? idk, I mean obviously there’s some interesting links to our hospo sector’s massive exploitation issues but in staying close to the original plot this production kinda misses tackling the sector head on.

help i can’t reed

✊ young men ✊

Interesting! I’m still sitting with the work—not sure how I feel.

I think the metaphor of the rumbling to me felt a bit fraught: I’m thinking about how it might’ve been influenced by Navajo mythology around skinwalkers which feels uncomfortable in a play by a settler playwright.

I’m planning on seeing it again with my housemate so will give you some more nuanced thoughts after then; but a very strong recommendation from me in the meantime.

Huh. I assumed it was always like this based on how I tend to always see close friends first.

Chookas

Wait citation?

My headcanon is that since Parliament House is at the end of Bourke St they over corrected to saying Collins St to avoid possible confusion? Unsure.