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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 • ( 2 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 )

Melbourne Opera: Il Trovatore review

By Simon Parris on August 24, 2026 • ( 3 Comments )

Melbourne Opera: H.M.S. Pinafore review

By Simon Parris on March 15, 2017 • ( 4 Comments )

Let’s Give Three Cheers and One Cheer More for the hardy team at Melbourne Opera. This skillful, lovingly reverential production of H.M.S. Pinafore is the sparkling gem that Melbourne Gilbert and Sullivan […]

Victorian Opera: The Sleeping Beauty review

By Simon Parris on March 12, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Victorian Opera is at its imaginatively creative best with this beautifully realised and gorgeously sung production of Respighi’s The Sleeping Beauty.

StageArt: The Full Monty review

By Simon Parris on March 5, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Independent Melbourne company StageArt begins 2017 with a confident, large-scale production of 2000 Broadway musical The Full Monty, capably demonstrating that they can fill the stage and auditorium of a much larger […]

Ladies in Black review [Melbourne 2017]

By Simon Parris on March 1, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Original Australian musical Ladies in Black retains its down to earth charm in this welcome national tour.

CitiOpera: Il Trovatore review

By Simon Parris on February 26, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Beloved Verdi classic Il Trovatore makes an all too rare Melbourne appearance in this ambitious production by CitiOpera.

The Play That Goes Wrong review [Australia]

By Simon Parris on February 25, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

How can something so Wrong be so right?

Victorian Opera: ‘Tis Pity review

By Simon Parris on February 7, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Beginning their 2017 season, Victorian Opera, continues their admirably prolific output of original material with ‘Tis Pity: An Operatic Fantasia on Selling the Skin and the Teeth.

The Book of Mormon review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on February 5, 2017 • ( 10 Comments )

Australia finally has the chance to say Hello! to The Book of Mormon, and this sparkling production has been well worth the wait.

Death Takes A Holiday review [London 2017]

By Simon Parris on January 24, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

The UK premiere season of 2011 Maury Yeston musical Death Takes A Holiday is as exquisitely sung as it is handsomely staged.

I Am My Own Wife review [Melbourne 2017]

By Simon Parris on January 20, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

A riveting, finely honed performance from Ben Gerrard brigs equal balance to the entertaining and the thought-provoking aspects of the life of survivor Charlotte von Mahlsdorf in I Am My Own Wife.

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