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Written by Craig Lawson GRIMM Arts Centre Melbourne A BRILLIANTLY TWISTED TRIP INTO THE WOODS Once upon a time has never looked quite like this. Shake & Stir Theatre Co’s GRIMM takes the fairytales we grew up with and sends them hurtling into a wickedly funny, thoroughly modern and sometimes deliciously dark new world. Now […]
The Sacrifice of Farinelli: The Heartbreaking Price of Fame Takes Centre Stage in Footscray There is something incredibly special about Melbourne’s theatre scene. Just when you think you have experienced everything our wonderful city has to offer, along comes a production that reminds you why storytelling, music and live performance continue to captivate audiences. The […]
Legally Blonde The Musical Bursts Into Pink at Monash University There are few musicals as instantly recognisable as Legally Blonde, and stepping into the Alexander Theatre at Monash University on Sunday opening night felt like stepping straight into Elle Woods’ world, complete with plenty of pink, plenty of laughs and, of course, a little bit of […]
When Winning Means Losing: Inside The Ballad of Dan O’Malley Football has always been about more than football. It is loyalty, identity, masculinity, money and belonging, all packed into four quarters. But what happens when a football club decides that losing is the best way to win? What happens when winning becomes more important than […]
As someone who loves colour, spectacle, fabulous costumes and a big musical number, I wondered how I would feel settling in for Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. The answer? Completely captivated. From the beginning, this production drew me into the complicated and increasingly heartbreaking world of Willy Loman and his family. There may be […]
Tarantino meets Shakespeare in this bold reimagining of Reservoir Dogs, packed with drama, humour, tension and theatrical flair. The familiar story of a botched heist, suspicion and betrayal is transformed through the language, style and spectacle of Shakespeare into a theatrical experience that feels both fresh and wonderfully unexpected. One of the greatest strengths of this […]
Heartbreak Hotel Review: When Heartbreak Becomes Healing Heartbreak is rarely glamorous, but Heartbreak Hotel transforms the pain of love lost into a heartfelt and unexpectedly entertaining theatrical experience. I’ll admit it took me a little while to warm to the production. As someone who usually gravitates towards upbeat, feel-good theatre, this wasn’t what I expected. But once […]
The Magic Pudding Is Back — And He’s Still Causing Trouble Victorian Opera is serving up another helping of Victorian Opera’s The Magic Pudding: The Opera, bringing Norman Lindsay’s beloved Australian classic back to Melbourne stages this May. Returning for a limited season, the much-loved production transforms the iconic children’s story into a lively 60-minute operatic […]
The Glass Menagerie Melbourne Review: An emotional, slow-burning production starring Alison Whyte. For the first time in two decades, Melbourne Theatre Company brings The Glass Menagerie back to the stage and this revival delivers a bold, emotionally charged reimagining of one of the 20th century’s most enduring works. Originally premiering on Broadway in 1945, Tennessee […]
Last Thursday evening, the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne became a dazzling crucible of love, angst, and unapologetic fabulousness as ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ burst onto the stage, igniting the audience with special guests including Sharon Johal, Sammy J and Georgia Love. If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to dance on the edge […]