Tag: theatre

Ghost Stories at the National Theatre Melbourne

Ghost Stories at the National Theatre

There is something about a good ghost story that appeals to us all. The spookier and freakier the story, the more likely we are to share it with others (with some exaggeration perhaps). Preparing myself for a night of fright,…

Review of ‘Menopause The Musical – Women on Fire’

Menopause. The concept send shivers down my spine. Upon hearing the word I immediately think of my parents’ ongoing battle over the radiator and temperature control back home, not to mention my poor mother’s first ever serious encounter with anxiety. …

‘Nigella – Love Bites’ at The Butterfly Club

Well ladies, gentlemen, and all those in between, The Butterfly Club, that grand dame of Melbourne venues supporting emerging masterpieces, has yet again given a stage to the maestro Shanon Whitelock and his new cabaret collaboration. ‘Nigella – Love Bites‘ is absolutely…

‘Titanic: The Musical’ at Chapel Off Chapel

All aboard! Departing Prahran for the story-of- the-last-century! Step up for your front row view of disaster with ‘Titanic, The Musical‘. Winner of five Tony Awards, In The Heights Director James Cutler and StageArt bring this gem of a musical…

Gillian Cosgriff in ‘This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things’

Gillian Cosgriff is hilarious. Her show ‘This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things’ is Cosgriff’s exploration of her feelings and review of her decisions as she careens towards her 30s, or in her words, ‘adulthood’. We didn’t stop laughing the whole…

‘The Events’ at the Malthouse Theatre

‘The Events‘ is a play about a community-shattering act of violence. Each night actors Catherine McClements and Johnny Carr are joined on stage by a different Melbourne choir to tell the story. Before we even entered the theatre the foyer was…