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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 )

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 )

Melbourne Theatre Company: Astroman review

By Simon Parris on November 3, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

Brimming with warmth and heart, world premiere play Astroman takes audiences back to the 1980s in an all too rare familial focus on First Peoples of Australia.

The Production Company: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder review

By Simon Parris on October 28, 2018 • ( 10 Comments )

Completing their ever-grander twentieth season, The Production Company serves up a delectable slice of musical theatre heaven with the merrily macabre A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.  

Opera Australia: Metamorphosis review

By Simon Parris on October 26, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Opera Australia defies traditional expectations, breaking the mould with an edgy, independent-style staging of Australian opera Metamorphosis.

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette review

By Simon Parris on October 21, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

A pair of international artists were capably supported by a roster of excellent Australian singers as Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra presented Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette in concert.  

OSMaD: Les Misérables review

By Simon Parris on October 20, 2018 • ( 17 Comments )

Insightful direction and splendid performances balance the magnificent with the moving as musical theatre workhorse Les Misérables lives on for one day more.

Melbourne Opera: Otello review

By Simon Parris on October 18, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

Rossini’s dramatic opera Otello makes its long overdue Australian premiere thanks to the vision and drive of Melbourne Opera, a company exhibiting an increasingly strong flair for bel canto opera.

StageArt: Nine the Musical review

By Simon Parris on October 14, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

One of Broadway’s most rapturously beautiful scores, Nine the Musical is given a smartly conceived, darkly burnished boutique production by prolific Melbourne company StageArt. While the midlife breakdown of a once-successful Italian […]

CLOC Musical Theatre: Jekyll and Hyde the Musical review

By Simon Parris on October 13, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

Mark Doran gives a thrilling, world-class performance in the title roles as CLOC Musical Theatre successfully trades the melodramatic for the macabre in this revival of their 2005 production of Jekyll and […]

Victorian Opera: Pelléas and Mélisande review

By Simon Parris on October 12, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

In a gift to opera lovers of Melbourne, Victorian Opera presents a dream cast in a dreamy production of exquisite French opera Pelléas and Mélisande.

Madiba the Musical review

By Simon Parris on October 5, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

Showcasing the exciting talents of a diverse cast, Madiba the Musical is ultimately an inspiring celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela.

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