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Shoelace Chaser (MTC), at Southbank Theatre, The Lawler – theatre review

A warm-hearted, comedic drama about overcoming challenges and dealing with adversity to become your best self, Shoelace Chaser readily resonates.…

Red Sky Morning, at Theatre Works – theatre review

There is disconnect between three members of the one family, a husband, wife and daughter who live in regional Australia…

Never Closer (Patalog Theatre Company), at fortyfivedownstairs – theatre review

Set against the backdrop of The Troubles* in Northern Ireland, this searing debut play for Australian writer Grace Chapple tells…

The Last Parma Night, at Chapel Off Chapel – theatre review

I entered the theatre really wanting to like the new Australian comedy The Last Parma Night, but I am afraid…

Game. Set. Match., at Malthouse Theatre – theatre review

Megan Wilding is a force of nature in a serious contender for play of the year. Game. Set. Match. is…

La Traviata (Opera Australia) at Regent Theatre – opera review

The full glory and emotional heft of Giuseppe Verdi’s fraught and dramatic love story La Traviata is magnificently captured by…

STUCK, at La Mama – theatre review

One has been there and done that, knows which way is up and is stuck in her ways. The other…

Waitress, at Her Majesty’s Theatre – musical theatre review

The desire to break free of an abusive relationship is at the heart of Waitress, which is based on a…

The Glass Menagerie (MTC), at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner – theatre review

With strong autobiographical elements, this classic American play, which premiered in Chicago in 1944, is a piece of memory theatre.…

The Juliet Letters (The Crossing Machine), at fortyfivedownstairs – concert review

Twenty tracks, some deliberately discordant, others melodic, written to one of history’s greatest literary figures – that is the inventiveness…