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Soundworks Productions: Sweeney Todd review

By Simon Parris on September 13, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Melbourne Opera: Il Trovatore review

By Simon Parris on August 24, 2026 • ( 3 Comments )

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on August 9, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Six the Musical review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on July 30, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Steel Magnolias review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on July 29, 2026 • ( 2 Comments )

Clovelly Fox Productions: Grey Gardens review

By Simon Parris on July 22, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Music Theatre Melbourne: Castro’s Children review

By Simon Parris on July 6, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

A world premiere of an original Australian musical is a rare event indeed, and is all the more special when the musical is as intelligently conceived, strongly performed, and confidently produced as […]

Melbourne Shakespeare Company: The Whale review

By Simon Parris on July 1, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Brimming with searing humanity, the Melbourne Shakespeare Company production of The Whale elegantly naturalises the play’s inherent pathos to achieve an affecting level of emotional truth. 

Beauty and the Beast the Musical review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on June 30, 2024 • ( 7 Comments )

Joyful extravaganza Beauty and the Beast the Musical makes a wonderfully welcome return in a slickly streamlined production boasting a brightly polished young cast.

Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on June 25, 2024 • ( 3 Comments )

Thrilling Melbourne musical theatre aficionados once again, Broadway grand dame Patti LuPone returns with her latest intimate and inimitable musical celebration, A Life in Notes.

MSO: What the World Needs Now: A Celebration of Burt Bacharach review

By Simon Parris on June 23, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

“Love, sweet love” is certainly What the World Needs Now, and there was an abundance of love traveling back and forth across the footlights as a terrific featured cast of singers joined […]

The Woman in Black review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on June 15, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

By turns funny and fearsome, theatrical thriller The Woman in Black returns in a sharply directed, expertly performed revival. 

Sunset Boulevard review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on May 30, 2024 • ( 16 Comments )

Decadently staged and intriguingly cast, the eagerly anticipated new production of Sunset Boulevard makes its Australian premiere in scintillating form.

The Odd Couple review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on May 24, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Just shy of sixty years young, Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple returns in a brightly polished, perfectly cast, utterly hilarious revival. 

Audra McDonald review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on May 18, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

Saving the last night of her current Australian tour for musical-loving Melbourne, Audra McDonald thrilled, charmed, and moved the adoring crowd with a glorious evening of song and story. 

Monstrous Theatre: Rootless Cosmopolitans review

By Simon Parris on May 17, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

With the provocative punch of a newspaper editorial, new Ron Elisha play Rootless Cosmopolitans arrives promptly on stage with the timeliness and relevance that subsidised theatre could only dream about. 

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