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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 )

Disney: Hercules review [West End 2025]

By Simon Parris on November 18, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Just For One Day review [London 2025]

By Simon Parris on November 14, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Hair review [Melbourne 2025]

By Simon Parris on November 1, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

CLOC Musical Theatre: & Juliet review

By Simon Parris on October 16, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Fat Swan review

By Simon Parris on September 28, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Poor “little” Natalie Portly. All she wants is to play the coveted dual role of White Pig and Black Pig in Swine Lake but her monstrous mother, coldhearted choreographer and cunning co-star […]

Barassi: The Stage Show review

By Simon Parris on September 27, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

Distinctly Melbourne in flavour, the affection, scope and gentle cheek of Barassi The Stage Show combine for an enjoyable, even inspirational, trip down memory lane. Author Tee O’Neill has crafted a pacy, […]

The Australian Ballet: Swan Lake review

By Simon Parris on September 19, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

Artistic Director David McAllister’s vision to mount a new-yet-traditional staging of perennial favourite Swan Lake has been lovingly and expertly realised in this wondrous production that puts the focus squarely on the […]

South Pacific review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on September 16, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

Fresh from its record-breaking Sydney season, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific has landed in Melbourne in glorious shape. Tight, humorous, energetic and rapturously melodious, this artistic triumph is brimming with life, romance […]

Marina Prior – Both Sides Now cd review

By Simon Parris on September 9, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

You’ve heard these songs before, but never sung as beautifully as this. Marina Prior, leading lady of the Australian musical stage, has veered away from the music theatre catalogue of her previous […]

The Mousetrap review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on September 2, 2012 • ( 7 Comments )

I remember when growing up, before the era of mega musicals Cats, Phantom and Les Miz, a standard question to someone returning from London was “Did you see The Mousetrap?” To have […]

The Australian Ballet: Icons review

By Simon Parris on August 31, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

The Australian Ballet bathes audiences in the warm and cosy glow of nostalgia in this guided trip down memory lane. The posters, costumes and sets on display in the foyers of the […]

Eifman Ballet: Anna Karenina review

By Simon Parris on August 30, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

Visiting Russian company Eifman Ballet present a highly theatrical hybrid of modern and classical dance in this unique and entertaining production.

Melbourne Theatre Fans to Spend ‘One Evening With Sondheim’

By Simon Parris on August 30, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Producer John Frost announced today that Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim will appear in a special event, One Evening with Stephen Sondheim at 7.30pm on October 22 at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne. UPDATE […]

Stephen Schwartz to Melbourne for Magnormos in 2013

By Simon Parris on August 27, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

Head Honcho Aaron Joyner tonight unveiled a bumper year ahead for Magnormos in 2013.

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