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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 )

Paddington the Musical review

By Simon Parris on November 19, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Theatrical: If/Then review

By Simon Parris on March 5, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Powerhouse vocals distinguish the very welcome season of 2014 Broadway musical If/Then, neatly produced by burgeoning local company Theatrical.

Melbourne Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By Simon Parris on February 27, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

In idyllic surrounds, A Midsummer Night’s Dream makes for charming end-of-summer entertainment, the youthful hijinks brought merrily to life by Melbourne Shakespeare Company.

The Australian Ballet: Anna Karenina review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on February 26, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Roaring back to the stage, The Australian Ballet triumphs with the twice-delayed Anna Karenina, a major new work that is steeped in tradition and yet boldly staged at the vanguard of contemporary […]

Victorian Opera: The Who’s Tommy review

By Simon Parris on February 23, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Finally on stage some 18 months after its initially intended season, the tremendously talented cast of The Who’s Tommy have lost none of their infectious enthusiasm for the work. 

MTC: Fun Home review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on February 12, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Delayed over the past two theatrically arid years, multi-Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home finally makes its Melbourne debut, arriving in a superbly cast, sharply directed production that brings the show’s searing emotional […]

Melbourne Opera: Die Walküre review

By Simon Parris on February 10, 2022 • ( 6 Comments )

Melbourne Opera triumphantly presents the keenly anticipated second instalment of their ever-so-patiently crafted Ring Cycle, Die Walküre.

Watch This: Into The Woods review

By Simon Parris on January 21, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

As Melbourne’s own Stephen Sondheim specialists, it is appropriate that Watch This is the first company to present a season of the great master’s work after he left this world in November […]

Jagged Little Pill review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on January 17, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Electrifying new musical Jagged Little Pill commands attention, breaks hearts and, ultimately, inspires hope in this thrilling Australian premiere season. 

IOpera: Acis and Galatea review

By Simon Parris on December 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

In a rather immaculate performance from a splendid set of singers and musicians, IOpera’s Acis and Galatea bathes the discerning audience in luscious waves of musical splendour.

West Side Story [2021] movie review

By Simon Parris on December 16, 2021 • ( 6 Comments )

Respectfully adapted and lushly scored, dreamily romantic and heartbreakingly moving, the new movie adaptation of evergreen classic West Side Story gleams with the splendour of mega-budget movie magic that is deployed with […]

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