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The Australian Ballet: Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella [2015]
Having first dropped slipper in the Melbourne 2013 premiere, Alexei Ratmansky’s new staging of Cinderella confirms its status as an instant favourite of the repertory. Far from a safe, sweet storybook...
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Grey’s Lobotomy review
Meredith Willson may have written the book, music and lyrics for The Music Man, but Xavier Brouwer takes this feat three steps further by also acting as director, music director and producer for his...
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CLOC Musical Theatre: Mary Poppins review
The wind must be in the east, as Mary Poppins flies back onto the Melbourne stage in a lavish, lovingly crafted stage spectacular. Commercial music theatre continues to break new ground in technology...
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The Australian Ballet: Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella review #2 [2015]
A second opportunity arose to see Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella, a visit made all the sweeter by the surprise appearance of Madeleine Eastoe in the title role. Nominated for a Helpmann Award this week...
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Melbourne Opera: The Barber of Seville review [2015]
What a difference a tenor makes. Joining 2010 stars Phillip Calcagno and Sally-Anne Russell, lively young tenor Brenton Spiteri completes a terrific trio whose antics are as much of a joy to watch as...
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Victorian Opera: I Puritani review
A triumphant success, Victorian Opera’s one-night concert presentation of I Puritani was a finely honed musical showcase focused on the splendour and beauty of the voice. Freed from the trappings of a...
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Opera Australia: La Traviata review [Sydney 2015]
The production may be well known, and well loved, but the Opera Australia role debuts of soprano Lorina Gore and tenor Rame Lahaj make for a scintillating evening. As long as designer Michael Yeargen’s...
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Opera Australia: Turandot review [Sydney 2015]
World-class singers enhance this decadently glossy production. Looking as sumptuously polished as in its premiere season some 25 years ago (when tickets could not be acquired for love or money),...
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Simon Gleeson: Elements album review
Acclaimed singing actor Simon Gleeson shares an eclectic mix of heartfelt ballads in his debut album Elements. Music theatre audiences who have heard Gleeson’s extraordinary voice live in the theatre...
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The Production Company: West Side Story review
In a stunning return to top form, The Production Company gives Broadway’s jewel in the crown the polish and respect it deserves with sensational results. Created by four titans of Broadway, West Side...
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Victorian Opera: Sweeney Todd review
Sterling musicianship, high production values and a quirky, highly talented cast bring out the compelling lustre in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s “dark operetta” Sweeney Todd. Sweeney Todd proves...
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Blood Brothers review [Melbourne 2015]
A top cast and solid production values elevate independent production Blood Brothers. The West End’s third longest running musical, Blood Brothers is a dramatically charged potboiler with a poetic book...
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The Production Company: Nice Work If You Can Get It review
The Production Company ventures where commercial producers, and even subsidised companies lately, dare not tread to bring us the first mainstage Australian premiere of a Broadway musical this year. The...
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Matilda the Musical review [Sydney]
Music theatre lovers rejoice! The sea of revivals has parted to deliver a bona fide world hit, and the Australian production is a dream come true. Wickedly subversive, endlessly inventive and as funny...
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The Australian Ballet: 20:21 review
The Australian Ballet traverses from the twentieth to twenty-first century in this scintillating freestyle triple bill that anchors a company premiere and a world premiere with a treasured classic. If...
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Melbourne Opera: Mary Stuart review
Melbourne Opera raises the bar yet again as a superb cast perform bel canto classic Mary Stuart in a lavish, inventive and highly attractive staging. In a contrasting but highly complementary pair of...
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MSO: An Evening with Renee Fleming review
In a highly artistic program of great integrity, Renée Fleming and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra present a thoughtfully curated program of musical treasures, eschewing the chocolate box greatest hit...
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Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life review
A terrific cast, strong production values and lashings of real heart set Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life apart from similar “girls night out” revuesicals. Completing the rarely achieved task of...
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The Australian Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty review
Lavish production values and wonderful dance combine for a world class, highly traditional new staging of evergreen classic The Sleeping Beauty. Created and promoted over an extended period, the highly...
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John & Jen review
A pair of high quality performances anchors a lovingly staged boutique presentation of Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald’s 1995 musical John & Jen. A contemplative reflection on family ties, John...
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