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Victorian Opera: The Barber of Seville review

By Simon Parris on December 13, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

The Australian Ballet School: Summer Season 2019 review

By Simon Parris on December 7, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

Opera Australia: Faust review [Melbourne 2019]

By Simon Parris on November 28, 2019 • ( 4 Comments )

Legally Blonde review [Melbourne 2019]

By Simon Parris on November 24, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Melbourne Theatre Company: Kiss of The Spider Woman review

By Simon Parris on November 23, 2019 • ( 5 Comments )

Music Theatre Melbourne: Electric Dreams review

By Simon Parris on November 21, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Opera Australia: Metamorphosis review

By Simon Parris on October 26, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Opera Australia defies traditional expectations, breaking the mould with an edgy, independent-style staging of Australian opera Metamorphosis.

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette review

By Simon Parris on October 21, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

A pair of international artists were capably supported by a roster of excellent Australian singers as Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra presented Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette in concert.  

OSMaD: Les Misérables review

By Simon Parris on October 20, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

Insightful direction and splendid performances balance the magnificent with the moving as musical theatre workhorse Les Misérables lives on for one day more.

Melbourne Opera: Otello review

By Simon Parris on October 18, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

Rossini’s dramatic opera Otello makes its long overdue Australian premiere thanks to the vision and drive of Melbourne Opera, a company exhibiting an increasingly strong flair for bel canto opera.

StageArt: Nine the Musical review

By Simon Parris on October 14, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

One of Broadway’s most rapturously beautiful scores, Nine the Musical is given a smartly conceived, darkly burnished boutique production by prolific Melbourne company StageArt. While the midlife breakdown of a once-successful Italian […]

CLOC Musical Theatre: Jekyll and Hyde the Musical review

By Simon Parris on October 13, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

Mark Doran gives a thrilling, world-class performance in the title roles as CLOC Musical Theatre successfully trades the melodramatic for the macabre in this revival of their 2005 production of Jekyll and […]

Victorian Opera: Pelléas and Mélisande review

By Simon Parris on October 12, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

In a gift to opera lovers of Melbourne, Victorian Opera presents a dream cast in a dreamy production of exquisite French opera Pelléas and Mélisande.

Madiba the Musical review

By Simon Parris on October 5, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

Showcasing the exciting talents of a diverse cast, Madiba the Musical is ultimately an inspiring celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela.

Queensland Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream review

By Simon Parris on October 4, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Queensland Ballet makes a triumphant Melbourne debut of their utterly charming 2016 production A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Architect review

By Simon Parris on October 3, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

It probably sounds a little odd to describe a play that tackles the issue of euthanasia as entertaining, but in Melbourne Theatre Company’s world premiere of The Architect, playwright Aidan Fennessy replaces […]

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