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TAMING OF THE SHREW

  • 14/12/2019
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The Taming of the Shrew St Kilda Botanic Gardens (until Dec 22)

By Sam The Review Guy

First and foremost this is not a play about trimming.

Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve never seen The Taming of the Shrew. I’m a terrible middle-class well-educated theatre-loving homo for saying that, but it’s true and I apologise. Holy yeezus though, if you want to be introduced to one of Willy S’ lesser-known* shows, this is the way to do it. Here are three reasons why you need to clear time in your nasty December calendar and see Melb Shakespeare Co. do their thang:

  1. St Kilda Botanic Gardens = not gross (and low key beautiful: aka I’ve never been here before as I’m not in my 30s w/ 2x kids; nor do I shoot up)
  2. Cast = nek lev #SHOUTOUT to Emma Austin who made me laugh so hard I actually needed to change underpants, Emma Jevons who is the KWEEN of throwing herself across the stage, but my heart belongs to John Vizcay-Wilson because FCK.
  3. Costumes = slightly Hanging Rock / haunted ghost nighties vibes thus clearly recycled, therefore ethical so all the things you should care about.

TL;DR version is that theatre did was it’s supposed to do. It made me laugh, it made me feel something, and thank you JVW it yes made me sweaty.

*AKA not R&J, or Macbeth, or probably the one She’s The Man is based off (gotcha, I know it’s Twelfth Night… only because I’ve had to wear heinous yellow stockings TWICE in my life)

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