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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 )

42nd Street review [London]

By Simon Parris on January 16, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Everyone’s favourite tap dance musical is back on the West End, and, really, shouldn’t 42nd Street always be playing somewhere in the world at any given time?

Vienna State Opera: Don Giovanni review

By Simon Parris on January 15, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

It may be difficult to see the action on stage, but at least the music sounds glorious, with Vienna State Opera presenting a Don Giovanni blessed with uniformly strong vocals and the […]

Hamilton review [London]

By Simon Parris on January 14, 2018 • ( 5 Comments )

The world’s hottest musical arrives in London in a pristine production that is matched by a gleaming, newly renovated West End theatre that is far superior to the show’s Broadway home.

National Theatre: Pinocchio review

By Simon Parris on January 12, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

A stage musical of Pinocchio sounds like a brilliant idea, but all the magical stagecraft in the world cannot save a show if the book is weak.

Girl From The North Country review

By Simon Parris on January 11, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

Girl from the North Country may have scored a slew of five star reviews during its Old Vic Theatre world premiere season, but on the West End stage it’s a case of […]

Menier Chocolate Factory: Barnum review

By Simon Parris on January 10, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Menier Chocolate Factory once again proves that bigger isn’t better, presenting a lively, immersive  staging of classic 1980 musical Barnum.

Young Frankenstein review [London]

By Simon Parris on January 9, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

A decade after the mega-budget follow-up to The Producers flopped on Broadway, Mel Brooks is back with a scaled down Young Frankenstein, this time on London’s West End. The sets may be […]

Zurich Opera: Madama Butterfly review

By Simon Parris on January 9, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

A straightforward production allows heavenly singing to take centre stage in Ted Huffman’s white box staging of Madama Butterfly at Zurich Opera.

Bananaman the Musical review

By Simon Parris on January 5, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Armed with “the muscles of twenty men and the brains of twenty mussels,” Bananaman is here to save the residents of Acacia Road, and Bananaman the Musical is here to save off-West […]

National Theatre: Follies review

By Simon Parris on January 2, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

The sun comes up I think about you. This poignant lyric is a perfect description of my ongoing love affair with Follies, a relationship now strengthened exponentially after viewing the lavishly produced […]

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