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Mary Poppins review [Melbourne 2023]

By Simon Parris

Opera Australia: The Phantom of the Opera review [Melbourne 2022]

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Hairspray musical review [Melbourne 2022]

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Hamilton review [Melbourne 2022]

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Mary Poppins review [Melbourne 2023]

By Simon Parris on February 4, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

The Australian Ballet School: Summer Season with Butterfly 2022 review

By Simon Parris on December 10, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Friends the Musical Parody review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on December 1, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on November 24, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

A Christmas Carol review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on November 23, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

& Juliet review [Broadway]

By Simon Parris on November 20, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The Australian Ballet School: Summer Season with Butterfly 2022 review

By Simon Parris on December 10, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Having endured three years of various levels of frustrating interruptions, The Australian Ballet School emerges from their cocoon to present a generous, varied program centred upon their charming full-length ballet, Butterfly. 

Friends the Musical Parody review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on December 1, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Classic ‘90s sitcom Friends is lovingly and oh-so-knowingly revived in bumper nostalgia trip, Friends the Musical Parody. 

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on November 24, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Streamlined and stripped of sophistication, sentimental favourite Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat rests upon the proven attraction of its sunny, clap-a-long familiarity.

A Christmas Carol review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on November 23, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Artfully produced and lovingly performed, the Old Vic production of A Christmas Carol is seasonal family entertainment at its finest. 

& Juliet review [Broadway]

By Simon Parris on November 20, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Musical theatre’s new guilty pleasure, & Juliet is an accelerated endorphin rush that leaves the cheering crowd on a giddy high. 

Met Opera: Don Carlo review [November 2022]

By Simon Parris on November 20, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

In a grand, if somewhat muted production of epic Verdi opera Don Carlo, the singers are a key attraction. 

Met Opera: La Traviata review [November 2022]

By Simon Parris on November 17, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Evergreen opera favourite La Traviata shines in a glossy, yet relatively simple staging that allows full, unfettered focus on the wonderful singers at hand.

The Music Man review [Hugh Jackman, Broadway 2022]

By Simon Parris on November 17, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Cherished golden age treasure The Music Man roars back to life in this big budget, big star revival. 

Funny Girl review [Lea Michele, Broadway 2022]

By Simon Parris on November 16, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

People who have seen Lea Michele in Funny Girl are the luckiest people in the world.

Met Opera: Rigoletto review [November 2022]

By Simon Parris on November 15, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Proving that money and insight do not necessarily mix, this first revival season of Met Opera’s new Rigoletto looks suitably grand, and sounds wonderful, but generally leaves the audience cold.

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