Just when Melbourne is experiencing one of the hottest weeks of the year, we’re being gifted with a celebration of winter and snow for all ages at The Arts Centre. Slava’s Snowshow is an internationally-acclaimed theatrical clown show that’s been…
For almost 40 years The Phantom of the Opera has haunted stages around the world. This timeless phenomenon has been wowing audiences in Sydney recently, and Melbourne is lucky enough to have the spectacular show take centre stage at our…
What a way to return to live musical theatre in Melbourne, theatre town! Four-time Tony Award winning musical An American In Paris is the complete ‘night out at the theatre’, a superb treat that you’ll want to splurge and book…
As I sit down to write about Bryony Kimmings’ Australian premiere of I’m a Phoenix, Bitch, I’m faced with a challenge. How does one convince audiences to see a show about postpartum depression? Childhood illness? Mental breakdowns? While most people…
This plays got it all. At the Australian premiere of the play adaptation of the 1998 Oscar-winning Film, Shakespeare In Love you gain access to the height of the English literary canon, men in tights, a stunning set evoking London…
Shakespearean specialist national treasure, Bell Shakespeare has Associate Director James Evans in the drivers seat on their latest national touring play, Much Ado About Nothing and what fun is to be had in this gender roles romp he takes us…
In Modern Maori Quartet: Two Worlds, an original play with songs, the show starts with the voice of God (a Kiwi woman) stating the rules of this Afterworld the quartet exist in. Four handsome Maori men stand in black suits…
In Between Tiny Cities រវាងទីក្រុងតូច choreographed by Nick Power and conducted within a marked circle on the timber floor of the State Theatre’s Rehearsal Room, an audience crowd round its edge to watch two male dancers (Aaron Lim and Erak…
The body as artistic form and physical marvel capable of the transcendent stood centrestage in Sydney Dance Company’s 50th Anniversary Triple Bill, Bonachela/Nankivell/Lane. The company’s standard elite athleticism, vigor, dynamism, and fervent technical prowess, as well as spotlight on the…
This land was never given up, this land was never bought and sold. The planting of the Union Jack never changed nothing at all… As we approach the national ‘celebration’ of 250 years of colonial rule, it was nice to…