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The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on June 7, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Opera Australia: Encore! Songs from the Musicals review

By Simon Parris on May 29, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Opera Australia: Gilbert & Sullivan – A Musical Celebration review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on May 24, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Waitress the Musical review [Australia 2026]

By Simon Parris on May 8, 2026 • ( 3 Comments )

Melbourne Opera: Don Giovanni review [2026]

By Simon Parris on April 27, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Schmigadoon review [Broadway 2026]

By Simon Parris on April 6, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Shrek the Musical review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on February 20, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

A joyful tonic, Shrek the Musical underpins glossy spectacle with endearing heart, delighting the audience with sassy humour and quirky characters.

Melbourne Theatre Company: Torch the Place review

By Simon Parris on February 15, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Deftly blending uproarious humour with affecting pathos, Benjamin Law’s Torch the Place is a triumph. Having supported the writing of Law’s first play through their visionary NEXT STAGE program, Melbourne Theatre Company […]

Melbourne Opera: Fidelio review

By Simon Parris on February 6, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

Melbourne Opera adds to the celebrations of Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a splendidly sung revival of their 2013 staging of Fidelio.

Melbourne Theatre Company: Home, I’m Darling review

By Simon Parris on January 25, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Melbourne Theatre Company welcomes the new decade with an Australian premiere that is as lavishly produced as it is splendidly performed. If only Home, I’m Darling had something more substantial to say.

Gertrude Opera: As One review

By Simon Parris on January 24, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Gertrude Opera heralds the new decade with the modern American opera As One, a heartfelt work as timely as it is elegiac.

Opera and Ballet Year in Review 2019

By Simon Parris on December 27, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

Melbourne continues to enjoy a well-balanced opera program of large and smaller scale productions featuring a wide array of local and international artists.

Musical Theatre Year in Review 2019

By Simon Parris on December 20, 2019 • ( 4 Comments )

Even with two of its main theatres not available for musicals, Melbourne still enjoyed a healthy musical theatre scene in 2019.

Chicago review [Melbourne 2019]

By Simon Parris on December 20, 2019 • ( 6 Comments )

Set to dazzle and divert, the Broadway revival of Chicago returns for its third Melbourne sentence with as sexy and sinewy a company of dancers as could possibly be wished for.

Victorian Opera: The Barber of Seville review

By Simon Parris on December 13, 2019 • ( 4 Comments )

Victorian Opera rings in the festive season with a very merry concert staging of delectably melodious opera buffa The Barber of Seville.

The Australian Ballet School: Summer Season 2019 review

By Simon Parris on December 7, 2019 • ( 3 Comments )

As a sampler of the bountiful work of The Australian Ballet School, Summer Season 2019 capably demonstrates the depth of talent and attention to detail that set the School apart.

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