****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Siegfried.**** Arriving at the heroic action at the heart of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle, the title character of tonight’s installment is the one destined to […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Siegfried
An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn review [Melbourne]
Hamer Hall has been popular with Melbourne’s music theatre cognoscenti this year, a place we have gathered to hear the reminiscences of Julie Andrews, laugh along with Kristin Chenoweth and thrill to […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Die Walkure
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Die Walküre.**** Sentimental favourite of the cycle, Die Walküre also features the most recognizable piece of Wagner’s music for the Ring. From the gloriously romantic […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Das Rheingold
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Das Rheingold. **** The wait is finally over! The Melbourne Ring Cycle opens tonight at the State Theatre, now two rows smaller thanks to the […]
The Songs of James Bond review
The perfect idea for a show, The Songs of James Bond features a tremendous orchestra, strong singers and plenty of eye-catching graphic projections. The missing ingredient, however, is a director with theatrical […]
A Murder is Announced review [Melbourne]
A Halloween opening night for a murder mystery set on Friday the 13th – how perfect. Above the charms of wily Miss Marple and the quirky, shadowy residents of Chipping Cleghorn, this […]
The Production Company: The Pirates of Penzance review
A highly attractive concert setting, superb music and some glorious singing mark the return of those crowd-pleasing Pirates of Penzance. While energy is effervescently high, the comic results of sight gags and […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels review [Sydney]
A dream cast lands all the outrageous laughs in this delectably hilarious new musical.
Grease review [Sydney]
Forget brains, brawn or beauty, when I was in primary school, social status came down to one factor: whether you had the Grease 2LP soundtrack*. The passage of time now adds a […]
Les Misérables 2014 Melbourne Cast Announced
The world’s favourite musical made the eagerly anticipated announcement of its lead cast in Melbourne today. With the many of the original Australian cast going on to be stage superstars, expectations are […]
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