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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Soundworks Productions) – music theatre review

The subject matter might be stomach churning, but its entertainment and engagement value certainly is not. Soundworks Productions’ Sweeney Todd…

Dracula (BIG Live) at Her Majesty’s Theatre, State Theatre and Capitol Theatre – ballet review

BIG Live’s balletic production of Dracula is, in a word, captivating. It is dramatic, haunting and sensual. In 11 scenes…

Holy Fool at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory – theatre review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This guy – Fabio Motta – is absolutely brilliant. In the first instance, he has drawn on fact and upended…

Shelly Restaurant, at 809 Glenhuntly Road, Caulfield – fine dining restaurant review with show

It is an immersive gastronomic experience unlike any other. It is deliciously flavoursome, while very showy and a whole heap…

Disney’s High School Musical On Stage! at The National Theatre – musical theatre review ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I fell big time for the two leads in James Terry Collective’s production of Disney’s High School Musical On Stage!…

Savages, at Theatre Works – theatre review

In terms of holding up a mirror to bad behaviour by men, there is nothing quite as illuminating as women…

Menopause: The Musical, at Athenaeum Theatre and touring – musical theatre review

Change of life never looked as good as it does on stage in the hilarious musical Menopause. It mashes four…

Big Religion (Fruitcake Productions), at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory – theatre review

In 1843, German philosopher Karl Marx famously wrote that “religion is the opium of the people”. So, does religion exist…

& Sons (M) – 119 minutes – movie review

Nearly two decades ago, an incident shattered a family and now the patriarch – a feted, but ailing author –…

I Want Your Sex (MA) – 90 minutes – movie review

Kinky and sexually charged, I Want Your Sex is an erotic dark comedy. Naïve twenty-three-year-old Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) almost can’t…