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The Shark is Broken review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on October 17, 2026 • ( 5 Comments )

StageBugs Productions: Young Frankenstein review

By Simon Parris on October 11, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Stuttgart Ballet: The Sleeping Ballet review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on October 10, 2026 • ( 6 Comments )

Victorian Opera: The Spare Room review

By Simon Parris on October 8, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Spamalot review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on September 20, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Soundworks Productions: Sweeney Todd review

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

BK Opera: The Lighthouse review

By Simon Parris on September 9, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Darkly dissonant chamber opera The Lighthouse proves a good fit for ambitious young company BK Opera.

Come From Away review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on September 2, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The wellspring of theatrical joy bubbles over once more as international hit musical Come From Away lands in Melbourne for its warmly welcome third season. 

Melbourne Opera: Lucrezia Borgia review

By Simon Parris on August 29, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Generously staged and splendidly sung, bel canto gem Lucrezia Borgia sparkles under the loving polish of Melbourne Opera. 

ILBIJERRI Theatre Company: Heart is a Wasteland review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on August 26, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Intimately tender and gently compelling, Heart is a Wasteland celebrates the extraordinary in the ordinary, sweeping the audience willingly along on a highly personal musical road trip. 

Hairspray musical review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on August 16, 2022 • ( 4 Comments )

Timeless to Me, Hairspray shakes and shimmies once again, the sheer quality of the show itself shining through just as radiantly at twenty years old. Winner of seven 2003 Tony Awards including […]

The Australian Ballet: Bodytorque review

By Simon Parris on August 12, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Melbourne ballet cognoscenti are treated to an intensely intimate performance as The Australian Ballet presents a long awaited fresh new season of Bodytorque. 

Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell review [Melbourne 2022]

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

A loving, insightful tribute to an all time great artist, Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell is a wonderful fit of material and performer, with Queenie van de Zandt pouring her heart […]

9 to 5 the Musical review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on July 15, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

Bubbly, bold and brassy, 9 to 5 the Musical is a well-timed wallop of feel-good fare.

Antipodes Theatre Company: Passing Strange review

By Simon Parris on June 28, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Antipodes Theatre Company successfully taps into the zeitgeist with the Australian premiere of Passing Strange.

Six review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on June 24, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Guilty pleasure meets mighty girl power as international smash hit musical Six finally makes its Melbourne premiere. 

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