At its peaks, Oedipus, performed in a Brunswick garage, touches on theatre heaven. Although it requires a jump-start.

Twelve Restless performers, with different levels and types of disability, are confronted with twelve fully-able Rawcus performers in this fascinating exploration of the mystery of the other.

Understatement in theatre is a dangerous thing, and in sKin, the joint big themes of place, race, culture, intimacy and identity are reduced to a murmur in the background of an iceberg narrative.

In its best moments, The Zombie State is Saturday night in the CBD. The production showcases the same barely controlled human grotesque, leaning on the zombie horror genre’s fear of the mindless crowd, and the collective loss of reason.