REVIEWS
The Full Monty - Landestheater Linz
2016-17
"From the ladies...Gaye MacFarlane as pianist Jeanette Burmeister was a highlight... MacFarlane, who also appears in a cameo as Malcolm's wheelchair-bound mother, plays the fallen star Jeanette, who with her cynical rehearsals and a pinch of positive motivation, helps the six men to carry out their dream of stripping. She plays her role with ease, yet at the same time convincingly reveals the bitterness of her character."
- Thomas Neuwerth, Blickpunkt Musical
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"Gaye MacFarlane takes on a very special role: Janette Burmeister, accompanist and theatre coach of the group, as a cross between Barbara Streisand and a rat-pack-struck Shirley Maclaine, an encore worthy performance!"
- Der Neue Merker
Company - Landestheater Linz
2015-16
"All the other couples are outshone by one: Gaye MacFarlane as Joanne and Alfred Rauch as Larry. Every tiny gesture and glance is coordinated. And despite Joanne's cynicism, a flash of affection shines through. In this interpretation they are perhaps the only couple that truly love each other. MacFarlane's 'Ladies Who Lunch' turns into something that you rarely see in Musicals nowadays: A Star Performance."
- Thomas Thalhammer
Sweeney Todd - Theatre Magdeburg
2012-14
"Almost always by Tarte's side is Gaye MacFarlane as Mrs Lovett. Watching her is an absolute delight. She understands the role, both vocally and dramaturgically, keeping the audience on point and full of laughs with both her dry humour and questionable pies. "
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- Jörg Beese, Da Capo
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"The discovery of the evening is with Gaye MacFarlane as Mrs Lovett. The Australian, who for a number of years belonged to the core performers of Helmut Baumann, then in Sydney as an opera singer, and who has just recently moved back to Germany, mastered the role both vocally, dramaturgically and completely convincingly. She isn't shrill or comical in the vein of Angela Lansbury who played the role on broadway, and some of the absurd comedy is missing, but she presents the character tangibly, practically and without scruples, and it is in this way that she becomes uncomfortably familiar. Incredible."
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- Wolfgang Jansen, Musicals
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"This musical thriller is a wonderful, hair-raising pleasure, much of which is due to Gaye MacFarlane, who takes on the role of the murderous, business-driven pie merchant Mrs Lovett, and fills it with much comedic talent and a smooth soprano. MacFarlane skilfully works this 'Mother Courage' character from London: on the one hand a clueless participant, on the other a sympathetic character looking for a little love and business. "
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-Florian Arnold, Braunschweiger Zeitung