New music round-up (for w/e 17 May 2024) 4 months ago Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 17 May 2024. Over… Billy Elliot The Musical (CLOC Musical Theatre) – musical theatre review 4 months ago Billy Elliot The Musical remains as moving and evocative as when I first saw it at Her Majesty’s Theatre on… Medea (Queensland Theatre) – theatre review 4 months ago Discard any preconceived notions of an ancient Greek play by Euripides about a woman who kills her children. Adaptations of… Rootless Cosmopolitans (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review 4 months ago Being identifiable as Jewish today is more fraught than at any time since the Holocaust. Since the October 7 Hamas terrorist… The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan – movie review 4 months ago Intrigue and subterfuge abound in the rich and engaging period action drama The Three Musketeers: d'Artagnan. This is Part I… A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Arts Theatre) – theatre review 4 months ago I’ve now seen A Midsummer Night’s Dream countless times, including at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon (#sogood), because despite… Share House: The Musical (Arts Centre Melbourne) – musical theatre review 4 months ago Sharing a house with friends and/or strangers can be anything but straightforward. Sometimes, mighty testing, in fact. So it is in… Hold Your Horses (Karate Boogaloo) – music review 4 months ago Karate Boogaloo hails from Melbourne and has been a staple of the underground music scene for over a decade. Comprising… PIAF! The Show (The Palms at Crown and touring) – music theatre review 4 months ago Noted for her interpretation of French ballads, Edith Piaf (19th December 1915 – 11th October, 1963) was one of the… Homo Pentecostus (Malthouse Theatre) – theatre review 4 months ago What did I know about Pentecostalism when I entered the Malthouse Theatre? Little to nothing, save for a few colourful… Next» « Previous