What more could you want? Fantastic costumes, wonderful music, terrific acting, and vocals, aided by a top class five-piece band and the best sound levels I have ever heard for a musical in the Playhouse Theatre. This was helped along by the fabulous 1950s fashions, designed by Gabriela Tilesova, her magnificent set that included triple…
Funny, irreverent, crude, witty, clever, lyrically and vocally adept … and I did mention darn funny, at times hilarious, didn’t I? The Book of Mormon is one of the most anticipated musicals to be staged in Melbourne has opened to much merited fanfare. This religious satire now, well and truly, deserves a long stay here. …
“This performance you are about to witness is unofficial, unauthorised and not at all like the 1993 film”, a start-of-show Jurassic Park The Musical announcement declares. Regardless, like its movie muse, the show begins with a mosquito. From there, however, things detour from the specifics of the science-fiction adventure film, to delightful comedic effect. The…
A bland first act opens up to a brilliant second, akin to a caterpillar metamorphosing into a radiantly colourful butterfly … in the MTC’s production of Born Yesterday, a screwball romance. This American stage classic starts with uncouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock settling into a swank Washington hotel suite, ready to grease the palms of…
A sheer enchanting delight from start to finish, Babe The Sheep-Pig has all the charm and magic that made the movie Babe such an audience fancy and critics’ favourite in 1995. It concerns an orphaned piglet that wants to be a sheepdog … after Farmer Hoggett wins her in a “guess the weight” contest at…
Liza’s Back! (is broken) sees celebrated Australian performer Trevor Ashley appearing in drag as the Broadway legend Liza Minnelli, straight out of rehab and ready to perform with her seven-piece band, despite her recently-broken back. In sequin pants suit, Ashley looks the part and moves to it too, with on-point mannerisms, albeit over-emphasised, as witty…
To state the bleeding obvious, mobile phone have become ubiquitous. For many of us, it feels like our whole lives are invested in them and the most personal and intimate details of day-to-day existence are stored there. So, how would you feel if your nearest and dearest had access to everything contained on your mobile?…
What would you give to be someone different? How would you cope if suddenly your life changed, and you found yourself with a new career, new friends and challenges you don’t even understand, let alone know how to solve? If you answer is “I really don’t know”, then Younger is probably for you. This bright…
Politically incorrect, deliberately crass, with many scenes orchestrated to be painfully awkward, Why Him? is a kind of Meet the Parents crossed with Bad Santa. Owner of a mid-sized printing business in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ned (Bryan Cranston) is genial, outgoing and adored by his employees, his friends and his close-knit family. The latter consists…
– A Few Less Men – Only in cinemas from 9 February 2017 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE In A FEW LESS MEN, the hilarious sequel to the worldwide hit A FEW BEST MEN, a destination wedding in Australia’s Blue Mountains goes…
