Glamorous and boldly unconventional, Lola Martinez was the 19th centuries wildest showgirl. The Exotic Lives of Lola Montez is a reimagining of a life rich in adventure and controversy. Courtesan and countess, dancer and actress. Lola lived a life of…
Like improv comedy? Like history? Musical theatre? Tried to get tickets to the musical Hamilton overseas, but couldn’t afford that on top of your mortgage? Hamiltunes delivers all that and more. Put six gifted improv comedians on stage, who also are…
Come in, come in. Make yourself cozy. Here’s your name tag. Christian, right? Do you need another cushion? A blankie or a biscuit? Have you finished the mandatory reading? Of course not. Bookcrastinators Anonymous is part book club, part support…
PO PO MO CO present Recreation & Leisure delivers an hour of more than a dozen outrageous, baffling, grotesque, and over-the-top if not impossible to define sketches. The Queer Post-post Modern Comedy (PO PO MO CO) troupe exists to address…
Despite being self-proclaimed as Melbourne’s least professional water ballet squad, The Clams have certainly vaulted to be the city’s most popular. Their debut show Crimson Tide had only a short run over a weekend, though the 25 ballerinas certainly made…
Auckland-based theatre and performance artist Julia Croft created If There’s Not Dancing at the Revolution, I’m Not Coming because she is angry. She calls it a ‘tiny call to arms’. Rather than direct confrontation, Julia performs a series of vignettes…
What is a cruise ship Captain Roland Carter to do, with a ship enshrouded in a deadly, possibly supernatural, fog? How to placate the wealthy patrons before they mutiny in boredom? Can he reconcile career and family, when faced with…
Rama Nicholas has a cult following among the cognoscenti at TPO, and you can add me to the list of adoring fans. Rama returns with her titillating multi-character romance erotica feel-good show The Lucky Ones to Fringe. It is an…
Civil war has torn Australia apart. Chemical weapons have left a blighted landscape, plants can’t grow in the poisoned soil, and no one should be outside without a mask to filter toxins. It’s been only 14 years since the ‘Treaty…
Navy Pier is a riveting and intricate tale of a rivalry between two college buddies, and two women who are caught up in a tangled web that changes them in ways that none could predict. It is a nuanced psychological…