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Maho Magic Bar, at Spiegel Haus Melbourne – magic review

An array of cocktails, mocktails and sleight of hand at close quarters, with some hijinks and a party atmosphere to…

RED at fortyfivedownstairs – theatre review

Intense. Visceral. Passionate. Angry. Confronting. My instant reaction to a remarkable two-man show about art and what it means. It…

Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes at Malthouse Theatre – theatre review

Danish author and poet Hans Christian Anderson based the literary fairy tale The Red Shoes about a peasant girl named…

Much Ado About Nothing (MTC), at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner – theatre review

Insults, treachery and love are interchangeable in this new, modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, which crackles with…

The Haunting of Spook Mansion (By Ghosts), at Chapel Off Chapel – theatre review

Do you believe in ghosts? Noted sceptic and author Professor Adrian Chambers (Peter Houghton) most certainly does not? The 62-year-old…

I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story, at The Palms at Crown – theatre review

The multitalented PJ Lane takes us on a most entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable walk down memory lane, as he pays…

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…