Melbourne Opera made a terrific contribution to the Melbourne Ring Festival with their concert performance of Richard Wagner’s early operatic success, Rienzi. A blaze of stirring choruses and heroic solos, the glorious […]
Melbourne Opera: Rienzi review
The Sound of Music Live! review
The airwaves were alive with The Sound of Music last night as US network NBC premiered their eagerly anticipated holiday special that they, along with theatre fans around the word, hope will […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Götterdämmerung
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Götterdämmerung.**** Götterdämmerung, or The Twilight of the Gods, see Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle reach its fiery conclusion. Previously, on The Melbourne Ring Cycle, giant Fafner […]
Carrie the Musical review [Sydney]
On a humid Sydney afternoon, with crashing thunder that seemed to be created by Carrie herself, Squabbalogic’s Australian premiere season of infamous musical Carrie continued its successful run at Sydney Seymour Centre. […]
Playing Rock Hudson review
More than an iconic, beloved movie star from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Rock Hudson has come to represent a massive turning point in gay history, both in relation to coming out […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Siegfried
****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 […]
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 […]
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