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Melbourne Theatre Company: A Doll’s House, Part 2 review

Compelling acting and prescient storytelling elevate the almost too clever “What if?” premise of A Doll’s House, Part 2. Melbourne Theatre Company serves it while it’s still hot, presenting the first...

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The Australian Ballet: Giselle review [2018]

Melbourne is treated to an exclusive return season of the celebrated Maina Gielgud production of eternal ballet classic Giselle. Lovingly restored in 2015, the production retains a sterling polish that...

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The Australian Ballet School: Showcase 2018 review

The Australian Ballet School neatly balanced classical, modern and Spanish dance, along with a healthy dose of good humour, in their highly entertaining Showcase 2018. Fulfilling the old truism if it...

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Tomfoolery review

The biting satire of Tom Lehrer’s Tomfoolery retains its ever-amusing freshness, especially as performed by a quartet of well-seasoned comic actors. Shaped into a successful musical revue by Cameron...

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Victorian Opera: The Capulets and The Montagues review

Victorian Opera succeeded in meeting the sky high expectations for their third Bellini concert starring Jessica Pratt, presenting an evening of sterling musicianship and pairing Pratt with a colleague...

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Emma Matthews: The Space Between review

Operatic nightingale Emma Matthews gives a tour de force performance as she returns to the Melbourne stage in The Space Between, a unique and highly personal new work by Paul Grabowsky and Steve...

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The Australian Ballet: Spartacus review

Brilliantly conceived and expertly realised, The Australian Ballet’s world class new production of Spartacus is an artistic and physical triumph. The passage of almost twenty years since the...

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Opera Australia: Evita review

A perfect match of star and show, Evita benefits mightily from the powerhouse vocals and intense presence of Tina Arena.  The fact that Evita has not been seen in a professional production locally for...

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Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School: Romeo and Juliet review

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School presented a full program of lively, varied, polished dance, reflecting a deep talent pool within their student body. Featured new work Romeo + Juliet...

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Colossus review

Exemplifying the fine control needed to portray dazzling chaos, Colossus is a mesmerising new work from visionary choreographer Stephanie Lake. Offering the chance to see a fringe show in a mainstream...

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Melbourne Theatre Company: The Architect review

It probably sounds a little odd to describe a play that tackles the issue of euthanasia as entertaining, but in Melbourne Theatre Company’s world premiere of The Architect, playwright Aidan Fennessy...

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Queensland Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream review

Queensland Ballet makes a triumphant Melbourne debut of their utterly charming 2016 production A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With his new Swan Lake for Royal Ballet being such a resounding success earlier...

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Madiba the Musical review

Showcasing the exciting talents of a diverse cast, Madiba the Musical is ultimately an inspiring celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela. Originating in Paris some four years ago, the universal...

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Victorian Opera: Pelléas and Mélisande review

In a gift to opera lovers of Melbourne, Victorian Opera presents a dream cast in a dreamy production of exquisite French opera Pelléas and Mélisande. Seen all too rarely in Melbourne, Pelléas and...

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CLOC Musical Theatre: Jekyll and Hyde the Musical review

Mark Doran gives a thrilling, world-class performance in the title roles as CLOC Musical Theatre successfully trades the melodramatic for the macabre in this revival of their 2005 production of Jekyll...

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StageArt: Nine the Musical review

One of Broadway’s most rapturously beautiful scores, Nine the Musical is given a smartly conceived, darkly burnished boutique production by prolific Melbourne company StageArt. While the midlife...

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Melbourne Opera: Otello review

Rossini’s dramatic opera Otello makes its long overdue Australian premiere thanks to the vision and drive of Melbourne Opera, a company exhibiting an increasingly strong flair for bel canto opera....

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OSMaD: Les Misérables review

Insightful direction and splendid performances balance the magnificent with the moving as musical theatre workhorse Les Misérables lives on for one day more. OSMaD celebrates ten years by returning to...

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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette review

A pair of international artists were capably supported by a roster of excellent Australian singers as Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra presented Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette in concert. Gounod’s score proved...

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Opera Australia: Metamorphosis review

Opera Australia defies traditional expectations, breaking the mould with an edgy, independent-style staging of Australian opera Metamorphosis. Brian Howard’s 1983 opera is given a stunning, large-scale...

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