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Carmen (Opera Australia), at Regent Theatre – opera review

Passion, obsession, desperation, jealousy and rage make for a fiery combination in composer Georges Bizet’s Carmen, newly interpreted by director…

Piano Man: Celebrating the Music of Billy Joel (MSO), at Hamer Hall – concert review

What a special show: the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at its glorious best and four popular and talented singers in fine…

Whitefella Yella Tree (Griffin Theatre Company), at Union Theatre – theatre review

First love erupts into a fight for Country in Whitefella Yella Tree. Teen indigenous Australians from different clans meet to…

Blanc de Blanc Encore (Strut & Fret), at Spiegel Haus Melbourne – cabaret review (warning: contains some coarse content)

It is Melbourne’s newest entertainment precinct (off Lonsdale Street), with a sizzling hot new show, involving seven spirited performers. I…

Bladderwrack (Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory) – theatre review

Poppycock and balderdash. That sums up the theatre of the absurd production that is Bladderwrack at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory.…

Monopoly Yarra Valley edition

Monopoly now has its own localised version for one of the most picturesque parts of Australia, Victoria’s stunning Yarra Valley.…

Where is Joy?, at fortyfivedownstairs – theatre review

Artist Joy Hester (21st August, 1920 – 4th December, 1960) didn’t run with the pack. Despite being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s…

The Barber of Seville (Opera Australia), at Regent Theatre – opera review

I can’t speak highly enough of the comic might of Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (with libretto by Cesare…

Opera Up Late (Opera Australia) – comedic opera review

What a great talent this man is. Reuben Kaye headlines a bawdy show to remember, introducing three Australian Opera headliners…

Hair (Athenaeum Theatre) – musical theatre review

Given the state of the world, the anti-war message carried by the tribal, love, rock musical Hair is as relevant…