Saturday, January 23, 2021

Bully Virus Reviews, May 2018


Bully Virus  Reviews 2018

1. by Ross Battaglia for Milkbar mag

Posted by Ross Battaglia  23. May, 2018 

Extract of review:
'Directed and written by Kate Herbert, Bully Virus is a satirical yet moving examination of the workplace, uncovering its most scandalous and traumatic moments. Performed outstandingly by Jenny Lovell, Carole Patullo and Geoff Wallis, they each play dual roles of HR employee and victim. The show is at its most comical when the trio morph into a sneering HR team, scoffing at various bullying complaints they receive. Dismissing the allegations with a scowling whine, whine, whine, their attitude speaks to the paradox that exists today. On one hand, tomes of anti-bullying materials are produced while on the other, bullying claims are often swept under the carpet.'


2. Samsara Dunston for What Did She Think
Posted 18 May 2018
 
Extract of review: 
'Bully Virus is the new play currently being performed at La Mama Theatre and I urge everyone to go and see it. Written and directed by renowned theatre director, writer and critic Kate Herbert Bully Virus looks at the endemic problem of workplace bullying.

'Using verbatim techniques, Herbert brings us 5 harrowing stories of workplace bullying. Not surprisingly, there is an over representation of the health industry. More surprisingly perhaps, given everything which has been happening in the Melbourne theatre industry over recent years, there is no representation from that quarter. It is irrelevant though. The collection - along with an array of vox pops - produce a terrifying catalogue of workplace behaviours which are evidently designed to damage the people who have been targeted.
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3. Review By Flora Georgiou for 8 Stage Whispers

Posted 17 May 2018

Extract of review:
'Three performers, Jenny Lovell, Carole Patullo and Geoff Wallis, dressed in white-collar attire read from clipboards titled victims and clinically reflect on these cases as in a courtroom. The absent bullies are put on trial and we as the audience members are the unofficial jury.

Herbert has hit the nail on the head with this show, as part of the ongoing current campaign to stamp out workplace bullying and make the workplace safe. An estimated forty per cent have experienced workplace bullying across the country with many people bearing undisclosed secrets that leave them emotionally and mentally scarred.

Hard hitting, with victim stories and voice-overs, with a repetitive chorus line playing on bully tactics used to accuse victims of “whining’, it works well as a pause button from the grueling case histories.'


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