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Copland Dance Episodes (The Australian Ballet) – ballet review

Colour, movement and music to delight the senses. Modern balletic dance at its finest. A work of sublime beauty and…

MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune! at fortyfivedownstairs – theatre review

Set between Australia and the Philippines, the tragicomedy MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune! deals with…

FROSTED – A Winter Spectacular, in the Big Top opposite Westfield Fountain Gate in Narre Warren – children’s attraction review

The fun starts even before you enter the heated Big Top, which is located opposite Westfield Fountain Gate in Narre…

Four Play (Taylor Made Productions), at Chapel Off Chapel – theatre review

Relationships can be complicated beasts. That is shown up in all its tangled glory (well, not so much glory) in…

Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of), at Athenaeum Theatre and touring Australia – theatre review

A glorious spoken and sung hoot, this is an audacious retelling of Pride & Prejudice. Just what would author Jane…

Lightscape, at Royal Botanic Gardens – outdoor visual arts review

Lightscape, the highly creative, after dark, lighting cavalcade at Royal Botanic Gardens, complete with a most appealing soundtrack, is a…

Between the Lines: The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters (Bloomsday in Melbourne), at fortyfivedownstairs – theatre review

What a fascinating, intriguing, thrilling premise this James Joyce actioner has! Imagine if the Irish writer of Ulysses, one of…

Corporare: Evan Task in Outer Space (The Thursday Group), at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory – theatre review

Do tech bros, that is entrepreneurs in the tech industry, rule the modern world without taking personal accountability for their…

House of Rot (Green Door Theatre Company), at Malthouse Theatre and Hayes Theatre – musical and theatre review

A sensational, largely musical tribute to Grey Gardens, House of Rot resonates … and how, from the first note. Grey…

The Wolves (Theatre Works) – theatre review

A finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, American playwright Sarah Delappe has crafted a portrait of female adolescence…