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Afterglow review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on February 3, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Cats review [Melbourne 2025]

By Simon Parris on January 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

John Foreman’s Australia Pops Orchestra: New Year’s Eve Gala Concerts review

By Simon Parris on December 30, 2025 • ( 6 Comments )

Anastasia review [Melbourne 2025]

By Simon Parris on December 29, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

John Foreman’s Australian Pops Orchestra: The Idols of Musical Theatre review

By Simon Parris on December 28, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

OSMaD: Come From Away review

By Simon Parris on December 6, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Clovelly Fox Productions: Elegies: A Song Cycle review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on July 12, 2024 • ( 1 Comment )

Bitingly bittersweet and timelessly tender, Elegies: A Song Cycle enthrals with a top flight cast and lovingly inventive staging.  Heralding the auspicious arrival of brand new company Clovelly Fox Productions, Elegies: A […]

Music Theatre Melbourne: Castro’s Children review

By Simon Parris on July 6, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

A world premiere of an original Australian musical is a rare event indeed, and is all the more special when the musical is as intelligently conceived, strongly performed, and confidently produced as […]

Melbourne Shakespeare Company: The Whale review

By Simon Parris on July 1, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Brimming with searing humanity, the Melbourne Shakespeare Company production of The Whale elegantly naturalises the play’s inherent pathos to achieve an affecting level of emotional truth. 

Beauty and the Beast the Musical review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on June 30, 2024 • ( 7 Comments )

Joyful extravaganza Beauty and the Beast the Musical makes a wonderfully welcome return in a slickly streamlined production boasting a brightly polished young cast.

Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on June 25, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Thrilling Melbourne musical theatre aficionados once again, Broadway grand dame Patti LuPone returns with her latest intimate and inimitable musical celebration, A Life in Notes.

MSO: What the World Needs Now: A Celebration of Burt Bacharach review

By Simon Parris on June 23, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

“Love, sweet love” is certainly What the World Needs Now, and there was an abundance of love traveling back and forth across the footlights as a terrific featured cast of singers joined […]

The Woman in Black review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on June 15, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

By turns funny and fearsome, theatrical thriller The Woman in Black returns in a sharply directed, expertly performed revival. 

Sunset Boulevard review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on May 30, 2024 • ( 15 Comments )

Decadently staged and intriguingly cast, the eagerly anticipated new production of Sunset Boulevard makes its Australian premiere in scintillating form.

The Odd Couple review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on May 24, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Just shy of sixty years young, Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple returns in a brightly polished, perfectly cast, utterly hilarious revival. 

Audra McDonald review [Melbourne 2024]

By Simon Parris on May 18, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

Saving the last night of her current Australian tour for musical-loving Melbourne, Audra McDonald thrilled, charmed, and moved the adoring crowd with a glorious evening of song and story. 

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