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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 )

SpongeBob SquarePants the Broadway Musical review

By Simon Parris on April 9, 2018 • ( 5 Comments )

So riotously colourful that it makes The Lion King look noir, SpongeBob SquarePants the Broadway Musical is a giddily gleeful confection of music and movement that rightfully takes its place as a […]

The Band’s Visit review

By Simon Parris on April 8, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Gently understated and leisurely paced The Band’s Visit is the antithesis of the current Broadway musical, and is all the richer for it.

Mean Girls review

By Simon Parris on April 7, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

A guilty pleasure that leaves the audience on a giddy high, Mean Girls is set to be the next Broadway smash propelled by the box office power of teenaged girls.

Met Opera: Luisa Miller review

By Simon Parris on April 4, 2018 • ( 7 Comments )

Verdi’s Luisa Miller may be on lower rotation than many of his other works, but the casting of three operatic superstars presents the work in its very best light.

My Fair Lady review [Broadway 2018]

By Simon Parris on April 2, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

The jewel in the crown of Broadway’s golden age, My Fair Lady is masterfully revived by director  Bartlett Sher and his dream team of collaborators.  

Once On This Island review [Broadway]

By Simon Parris on March 30, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1990 musical Once On This Island is back on Broadway in an immersive, in-the-round production that brims with warmth and invention.

In The Heights review [Sydney]

By Simon Parris on March 25, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

It’s Sydney’s turn to discover the joys of In The Heights, and this electric new production is the ideal introduction.

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: La Bohème review

By Simon Parris on March 24, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Opera Australia neatly balances the spectacular with the intimate as the seventh season of firmly established opera attraction Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour turns its sights on one of the world’s most […]

StageArt: Bare the Musical review

By Simon Parris on March 22, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

A slick production, excellent direction and an incredibly talented cast elevate the material on offer as cult favourite Bare makes a return to the Melbourne stage.

The Australian Ballet: Murphy review

By Simon Parris on March 17, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

The Australian Ballet honours and celebrates their extraordinary 50-year association with Australian living legend and national treasure Graeme Murphy in the lovingly curated new mixed program, Murphy.

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