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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 )

Paddington the Musical review

By Simon Parris on November 19, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox review

By Simon Parris on July 3, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

UK music legend Annie Lennox has always presented a particularly androgynous image so there seems to be a certain natural logic in her music and life story being presented by a handsome, […]

NT Live: The Audience review

By Simon Parris on July 3, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Affectionately warm and devilishly witty, The Audience provides a fly on the wall insight into sixty years’ worth of meetings between Queen Elizabeth II and her Prime Ministers. A huge hit on […]

Idina Menzel with Melbourne Pops Orchestra review

By Simon Parris on June 30, 2013 • ( 6 Comments )

Broadway, television, movies, motherhood, symphony concerts, it seems there is nothing Idina Menzel cannot do. And having heard her roof-raising voice live in concert tonight, two thousand screaming fans know have an […]

Melbourne Cabaret Festival: Adam Guettel in Concert review

By Simon Parris on June 29, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Adam Guettel may be teaching a masterclass with students tomorrow, but this evening he gave one all on his own. Simply attired in sweater and jeans, Guettel had the crowd of music […]

Tall Trees Productions: The Last Five Years review

By Simon Parris on June 27, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

A cult favourite amongst music theatre cognoscenti, The Last Five Years is all too rarely seen on Melbourne stages. This popularity, along with the relatively simple staging requirements, makes the show a […]

Helpmann Awards Nominees 2013

By Simon Parris on June 24, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Nominations were announced this evening for the 13th annual Helpmann Awards. The Awards will be presented at the Sydney Opera House on Monday 29 July, in a ceremony that will be telecast […]

The Australian Ballet: Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake review

By Simon Parris on June 23, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

More than ten years old, and not showing the slightest signs of age, Graeme Murphy’s masterful production is as vivid and thrilling as ever.  Following last year’s traditional staging of perennial favourite […]

Shane Warne the Musical review

By Simon Parris on June 21, 2013 • ( 3 Comments )

The revival of a musical might involve new sets and costumes, but the addition of new material based on further real life events makes Shane Warne the Musical even more unique than […]

King Kong review

By Simon Parris on June 16, 2013 • ( 13 Comments )

As a groundbreaking theatrical spectacular, King Kong is a lavish, jaw-dropping success. As a “music theatre event,” however, it is a disappointing failure, setting the art form back 70 years.

Kristin Chenoweth in Concert review

By Simon Parris on June 13, 2013 • ( 4 Comments )

A visit from Broadway royalty drew a Melbourne crowd who cheered just for the house lights dimming at the start. Anticipation reached fever pitch as the overture of hits played along with […]

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