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The Production Company: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder review
Completing their ever-grander twentieth season, The Production Company serves up a delectable slice of musical theatre heaven with the merrily macabre A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Where...
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Melbourne Theatre Company: Astroman review
Brimming with warmth and heart, world premiere play Astroman takes audiences back to the 1980s in an all too rare familial focus on First Peoples of Australia. Originally intended to be set in a...
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Victorian Opera: Lorelei review
Finishing the year on a high, Victorian Opera rewards its patrons with Lorelei, a splendidly cast, beautifully realised new work. While opera companies the world over struggle to rarely, if ever,...
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Opera Australia: La Bohème review [Melbourne 2018]
Melbourne has been so spoilt with new and rare operas over the past couple of years that the appearance of a true chocolate box favourite is a welcome novelty. In its third Melbourne appearance, Opera...
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School of Rock the Musical review [Melbourne]
It’s Melbourne’s turn to climb to the top of Mount Rock, as feel good phenomenon School of Rock makes it’s blistering Australian debut. Melbourne has waited all year for a big budget original musical,...
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Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Diaries 2018 review
On an ordinary Sunday, Melbourne theatregoers were treated to the extraordinary talent Broadway legend Mandy Patinkin. Perhaps helped by his recent television fame, Patinkin attracted a very large...
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Opera Australia: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg review
The sterling result of the determined and loving labours of countless talents, Opera Australia’s Melbourne presentation of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is a shimmering musical and visual treat, with...
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Melbourne Theatre Company: Twelfth Night review
Gorgeous design, cunning direction and a dreamy cast combine for the pure pleasure of Twelfth Night, an early Christmas present from Melbourne Theatre Company. As ringmaster to this festive merriment,...
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Rent review [Melbourne 2018]
Youthful energy and intelligent direction burn brightly in this exhilarating new production of evergreen modern classic Rent. Just when the boutique musical trend seems to be dying, full credit to solo...
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The Australian Ballet School: La Sylphide & Other Works review
The Australian Ballet School ends their year with a selection of well-chosen highlights to accompany the welcome addition of La Sylphide to their repertoire. A trio of brightly polished works showcase...
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Opera Australia: Evita review [Melbourne]
What a difference a theatre makes. Resplendent in Melbourne’s State Theatre, Evita now has the lighting, sound and space to make it the spectacle it deserves to be. Already a veteran when she played...
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The Australian Ballet: Storytime Ballet: Coppélia review
The Australian Ballet continues their cleverly conceived Storytime Ballet series with Coppélia, an ideal first ballet for young audiences. The running time may be condensed to a swift 50 minutes, but...
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Peter Pan Goes Wrong review [Melbourne]
Wickedly funny, Peter Pan Goes Wrongis summer holiday family entertainment minted to perfection. Reversing the law of diminishing returns, Mischief Theatre’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong is actually funnier...
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Company review [West End 2019]
Exemplifying the meaning of the term “revival,” Marianne Elliott delivers a brand new take on classic concept musical Company that is fresh, funny and altogether fabulous. Bobby is now Bobbie, and the...
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Paris Opéra Ballet: Cinderella review
Paris Opéra Ballet revived Rudolf Nureyev’s grand 1986 “Hollywood” Cinderella as part of the celebration to mark 80 years since the birth of Nureyev. Said to be partly inspired by Nureyev’s own career...
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Paris Opéra Ballet: La Dame aux camélias review
Conceived as an emotional memory play, John Neumeier’s La Dame aux Camélias is a haunting exploration of the ephemeral nature of love. Created for Stuttgart Ballet in 1978, La Dame aux Camélias entered...
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The Inheritance review
Sweeping in scope, yet intimate and highly personal in detail, Matthew Lopez’s masterwork The Inheritance balances humour, history and heartbreak to haunting effect. Seen in one day, the two parts of...
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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake [London 2019]
Iconic modern dance favourite Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake makes a welcome return in a freshly re-polished staging. Seeing at least one production by New Adventures each year has made it clear that their...
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The Band review [London]
A slender scenario in search of a storyline, new musical The Band at least has a solid gold score, utilising the extensive pop catalogue of superstar ‘90s boy band Take That. Casting for The Band was...
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Met Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur review
An extraordinary cast and an intelligent staging combine for a wonderful season of Adriana Lecouvreur at the Met. Following recent acclaimed role debuts as Tosca and Aida, superstar soprano Anna...
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