There’s a certain irony in attending a show focused on living in the moment, only to have to conjure up those memories afterwards and construct…
Theatre, comedy, opera, orchestra, anything live.
Through the kitsch and glamour of the Butterfly Club cocktail bar, past the red-lit dolls and full bookcases leaden with dust and wall-plastered pictures of…
Many years ago, this author found himself attending a performance of 16th an 17th century English drinking songs, all of which were funny and dealt…
I really hate this musical. Baz Luhrmann can write and direct one hell of a movie, but it is evident he has no idea how…
Emina Ashman’s Make Me A Houri is an artistic and intellectually stimulating performance for those with an artistic eye, appreciation of complex and confronting issues, and…
Often when leaving the theatre, the magic of the performance you have seen fades away and you look at it in a more rational way…
The concept of adapting A Room of One’s Own to the stage is a fascinating one. How does one adapt an essay into the form…
Ross Daniels’ One Small Trip is an excellent example of how comedy can, in this more enlightened age, play off caricatures whilst remaining (mostly) inoffensive –…
When you start to watch the award-winning musical Come From Away, initial thoughts could be something like “how could they make a musical about what was,…
Walking to the Meat Market Stables for the 7.30 show I passed Royal Melbourne Hospital. In the chilled darkness of Grattan Street three fire trucks…