Vital, intimate and sexy: MTCâs Berlin is a smart romantic thriller
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By Cameron Woodhead
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MTC, Until May 22
Berlin.
Joanna Murray-Smithâs
Berlin is billed as romantic thriller â an enticing collision of genres, rarely attempted onstage â and if the psychology of the thriller fails entirely to convince thatâs partly because the romantic frame is so credible, intelligent and erotically charged.
Contemporary romance is often plastered in brainless sentiment. Getting out from under the ick factor is no mean feat, and Murray-Smith achieves it by composing sophisticated and realistic dialogue for younger characters. You only need look at the patronising lampoon of Millennials in David Williamsonâs