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The Australian Ballet: Don Quixote review [Melbourne 2023]

By Simon Parris on March 16, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

& Juliet review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on March 10, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

The Mousetrap review [Melbourne 2023]

By Simon Parris on February 22, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

tick, tick…BOOM! review [Melbourne 2023]

By Simon Parris on February 8, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

Mary Poppins review [Melbourne 2023]

By Simon Parris on February 4, 2023 • ( 12 Comments )

The Australian Ballet School: Summer Season with Butterfly 2022 review

By Simon Parris on December 10, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

An American in Paris review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on March 21, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

Swoon-worthy dance and design grace the mighty State Theatre as international hit musical An American in Paris jetés into town. 

Next to Normal review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on March 20, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The crackling electricity of rock musical Next to Normal lights up Chapel off Chapel in a deeply affecting production, centred upon the exquisite lead performance of Queenie van de Zandt.

Theatrical: If/Then review

By Simon Parris on March 5, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Powerhouse vocals distinguish the very welcome season of 2014 Broadway musical If/Then, neatly produced by burgeoning local company Theatrical.

Melbourne Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By Simon Parris on February 27, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

In idyllic surrounds, A Midsummer Night’s Dream makes for charming end-of-summer entertainment, the youthful hijinks brought merrily to life by Melbourne Shakespeare Company.

The Australian Ballet: Anna Karenina review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on February 26, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Roaring back to the stage, The Australian Ballet triumphs with the twice-delayed Anna Karenina, a major new work that is steeped in tradition and yet boldly staged at the vanguard of contemporary […]

Victorian Opera: The Who’s Tommy review

By Simon Parris on February 23, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Finally on stage some 18 months after its initially intended season, the tremendously talented cast of The Who’s Tommy have lost none of their infectious enthusiasm for the work. 

MTC: Fun Home review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on February 12, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Delayed over the past two theatrically arid years, multi-Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home finally makes its Melbourne debut, arriving in a superbly cast, sharply directed production that brings the show’s searing emotional […]

Melbourne Opera: Die Walküre review

By Simon Parris on February 10, 2022 • ( 4 Comments )

Melbourne Opera triumphantly presents the keenly anticipated second instalment of their ever-so-patiently crafted Ring Cycle, Die Walküre.

Watch This: Into The Woods review

By Simon Parris on January 21, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

As Melbourne’s own Stephen Sondheim specialists, it is appropriate that Watch This is the first company to present a season of the great master’s work after he left this world in November […]

Jagged Little Pill review [Melbourne 2022]

By Simon Parris on January 17, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Electrifying new musical Jagged Little Pill commands attention, breaks hearts and, ultimately, inspires hope in this thrilling Australian premiere season. 

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