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Afterglow review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on February 3, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Cats review [Melbourne 2025]

By Simon Parris on January 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

John Foreman’s Australia Pops Orchestra: New Year’s Eve Gala Concerts review

By Simon Parris on December 30, 2025 • ( 6 Comments )

Anastasia review [Melbourne 2025]

By Simon Parris on December 29, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

John Foreman’s Australian Pops Orchestra: The Idols of Musical Theatre review

By Simon Parris on December 28, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

OSMaD: Come From Away review

By Simon Parris on December 6, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

La Cage aux Folles review

By Simon Parris on March 17, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

A top-notch cast brings perennial favourite La Cage aux Folles glittering back to life in this ambitious staging by Quirky Productions. Still as current as today’s headlines, ever loveable La Cage envelopes […]

An Interview with Amanda Harrison and Ben Mingay

By Simon Parris on March 14, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

On the eve of rehearsals for An Officer and a Gentleman, I caught up with stars Amanda Harrison and Ben Mingay and heard all about the excitement of being part of a […]

A Chorus Line review

By Simon Parris on March 10, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

Having missed the Melbourne opening night of the new revival of A Chorus Line I took myself along this week and found out that there was a very good reason for the […]

Sneak Peek: How to Train Your Dragon

By Simon Parris on March 7, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Global Creatures CEO Carmen Pavlovic and Director Nigel Jamieson today hosted a sneak peek at the new Dreamworks arena spectacular How to Train your Dragon on stage at Hisense Arena, Melbourne. First […]

Man in Chair presents Carrie

By Simon Parris on March 6, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

Carrie, one of the most notorious flops of all time is back on stage. Will she have better luck this time around? Imagine a musical with a higher body count than Les […]

La Boheme review

By Simon Parris on March 4, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Melbourne Opera begins its tenth anniversary year with a stellar performance of the immortal classic La Boheme. Foremost in the success of the staging is the wonderful cast, clearly chosen with great […]

Mozart Marathon

By Simon Parris on February 28, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Royal Opera have advertised their Mozart-da Ponte cycle as having some connection to the Olympics year. That connection is not in any way apparent when seeing the operas, but why let that […]

Shall We Dance?

By Simon Parris on February 27, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Two current West End musicals hark back to Man in Chair’s heyday as a ‘dancer’. Such happy memories of performing these shows in wonderful productions at CLOC Musical Theatre. Both shows owe […]

There’s a Gorilla in my Opera

By Simon Parris on February 26, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Back from Europe, Man in Chair has time for a few more operas before heading back to Australia. ENO has opened a new production of Offenbach’s melodious creation The Tales of Hoffmann. […]

Scaling La Scala

By Simon Parris on February 23, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

Milan’s La Scala – the jewel in the crown of European opera houses. But does it live up to the legend? The answer is a resounding yes, if for no other reason […]

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