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The Australian Ballet: Flora review

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

OVATION concert review [Melbourne]

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

The Australian Ballet: Signature Works [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on February 28, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Book of Mormon review [Melbourne 2026]

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

Cluedo review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on February 11, 2026 • ( 2 Comments )

Victorian Opera: The Pirates of Penzance review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on February 5, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Beetlejuice the Musical review

By Simon Parris on June 28, 2019 • ( 3 Comments )

Pure escapist fun, new Broadway musical Beetlejuice runs high on daffy hilarity with an irresistible undercurrent of snarky wickedness. 

Melbourne Theatre Company: Storm Boy review

By Simon Parris on June 22, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Cherished Australian story Storm Boy proves a surprisingly natural fit for the stage in this lovingly produced piece of theatrical magic.

Sweeney Todd review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on June 21, 2019 • ( 8 Comments )

Arriving in Melbourne in killer form, the new concert staging of Sweeney Todd lives up to the tantalising promise of starry leads Anthony Warlow and Gina Riley.

The Australian Ballet: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland review [Melbourne 2019]

By Simon Parris on June 9, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

The Australian Ballet heads straight back down the rabbit hole, returning award-winning 2017 hit Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to the Melbourne stage for a very welcome encore season.

Opera Australia: Il Viaggio a Reims review [Melbourne 2019]

By Simon Parris on May 25, 2019 • ( 5 Comments )

Delightfully daffy and sumptuously sung, Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims is the equivalent of a rich operatic dessert: featherlight layers of delectable pleasure with many a sweet hidden treat.

The Production Company: Lazarus review

By Simon Parris on May 22, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

A fringe show juxtaposed into a mainstream season, Lazarus trades the safe for the surreal, presenting David Bowie’s cherished music in a decidedly enigmatic experience.

CLOC Musical Theatre: Kinky Boots review

By Simon Parris on May 19, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Benefitting from CLOC Musical Theatre’s traditionally boffo level of spectacle, the heart and sole soul of Kinky Boots lights up the Melbourne stage once more.

Opera Australia: Così fan tutte review [Melbourne 2019]

By Simon Parris on May 15, 2019 • ( 6 Comments )

Intelligently conceived and handsomely staged, Sir David McVicar’s production of Così fan tutte matches elegance and wit with the simple pleasure of Mozart’s heavenly music.

Opera Australia: Rigoletto review [Melbourne 2019]

By Simon Parris on May 12, 2019 • ( 3 Comments )

Verdi’s richly melodious tragedy glistens again as Opera Australia returns its much loved Moshinsky staging of Rigoletto to the Melbourne stage.

Melbourne Theatre Company: Così review

By Simon Parris on May 5, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Much loved, oft-produced Australian comedy Così is treated to a rather lavish revival in this co-production from Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company.

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