'MTC’s childish ’80s romp Astroman – unsuccessfully transplanted from New Zealand to Geelong – is unlikely to appeal even to schoolkids, but more adult audiences will revel in Max Gillies’ masterful turn in Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. By Peter Craven.' (Introduction)
'Les Murray has always been a sort of enigmatic double-headed eagle: one profiled eye looking into the past, the other staring into the future.' (Introduction)