Recent ABR Arts reviews

• 'Why I quit as opera critic of The Age' by Michael Shmith
• Andrew McLeod reviews Apologia (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★
• Andrew Fuhrmann reviews The Real and Imagined History of The Elephant Man (Malthouse Theatre) ★★★
• Christopher Menz reviews Parsifal (Opera Australia) ★★★★★
• Ian Dickson reviews Kindertransport (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) ★★★
• Jane Sullivan reviews Ink (Almeida Theatre) ★★★★★

Angels in America

Melbourne audiences will have a rare opportunity to experience Tony Kushner’s groundbreaking two-part play, Angels in America, at fortyfivedownstairs. Kushner’s Angels centres on a gay couple in Manhattan and branches off into other intersecting storylines, and also examines AIDS and homosexuality in the 1980s. It premièred here in 1994 and was famously filmed for television by Mike Nichols in 2003.

‘I’m very conscious of the place Angels holds in the zeitgeist at present,’ said Gary Abrahams, who will direct the fortyfivedownstairs production, part one: Millennium Approaches and part two: Perestroika. ‘This is a chance to take it in another direction: raw bodies, raw performances, a very physical retelling of the story. My vision is maybe a bit darker.’

Angels in America will be performed at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, from 1 to 18 September 2017. Thanks to fortyfivedownstairs, we are giving away four double passes (two for each part) to Angels in America to new and renewing ABR subscribers. For performance dates, and details on how to enter, see our giveaways section below.