A night of mind-blowing moves, with scorching footwork and live musical accompaniment, is just some of what is on offer in 2017’s showing of famed Burn The Floor. Touring worldwide since the 1990s, this is their annual visit, attracting loyal fans….
Strap in for an epic opera experience. Opera Australia’s momentous production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle is a sequence of four works, each one a marvel of music, performance, direction, and artistic design. It offers sixteen hours of powerful storytelling through…
He may be diminutive in size but he towers in stature. His legend is known worldwide but he is a local Melbourne man. His voice is rich and calloused, bearing testament to the artistic excellence and grace of a man…
‘Dusty the Musical‘ portrays the life of Dusty Springfield and her transformation from the shy, awkward, Catholic school-girl Mary O’Brien to the glamorous world-famous soul singer. Her childhood is tempered by comparisons with her supposedly more talented brother. ‘Dusty’ is…
Love stories in Italy, yes please. The Life Like Company presents ‘The Light in the Piazza‘, a musical directed by the very talented Theresa Borg, now showing at the Arts Centre Melbourne. I was excited to see the musical — not…
Kylie on Stage at Arts Centre Melbourne features costumes, video snippets, and memorabilia from Kylie Minogue’s Disco in Dreams (1989) tour through to the Aphrodite (2011) tour. The performing arts collection once again brings to life some of the show…
Need a place for an arty conversation? The Arts Centre Melbourne bar is set up to be your pre, post (and possibly during) show chat. In appropriately-titled The Barre (dance pun!) you can both grab a drink and gander at art….
Il Ritorno blends the physical spectacle of circus and the majesty of opera in a 75-minute retelling of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. There can be no doubt about the brilliance of the Circa ensemble. They flawlessly demonstrate numerous…
The title does say a thousand words in this case as the incredible New York-based Shadowlands team takes you through ‘shadow lands’. It’s hard to describe exactly what you’re in for, think hand puppetry with a Phd meets the Three…
A wild rainy night on the Great Ocean Road. Harry franticly rushes into a nearby veterinary clinic with a bleeding animal wrapped in a sheet. He is met by Piper, an idealist American zoologist and her activist paramour and vet…