fortyfivedownstairs — Attraction in Melbourne

In another adventurous production, Gertrude Opera presented "As One" which takes us inside the experience of Hannah as she transitions from male to female. Two singers perform the roles of Hannah Before and Hannah After. Joshua Erdelyi- Gotz and Marie Campbell sang beautifully, made us laugh and horrified us with riveting performances amid minimal sets and props. The music performed here by a string quartet was as rich and dynamic as a big opera production and was conducted by Alexandra Enyart. This may be the first " trans" opera but it is also a thrillingly satisfying...

Simon & Freda Thornton Architects transformed our 1886 Victorian terrace, while preserving its charm.

We now have a comfortable, low (water & energy) consuming all-electric home which is bathed in light.

We enjoyed many fruitful architect meetings, had our ideas listened to & supported, & really felt like partners in recreating our new home.

They took a run-down old house on an impossible block, came up with a sympathetic design faithful to our brief, assisted us in finding an excellent builder & project managed to completion basically within...

Waiting area - terrible (have to stand in a tiny space amongst 60 people to queue and during the interval, felt like a sardine in a sauna)

Play - soul sucking (went to see Mr Burns banking in the good reviews, don’t be fooled, it’s 5 people acting the emotion of ‘remembering’, all the jokes are just Simpson jokes, the dialogue in between isn’t clever, informative or funny, after 90 minutes we left)

Acting - good (to be fair the actors and direction was good, I think they just chose a bad play?)

Staff - nice

Worth it - hell...