Alex First
tick, tick ... BOOM! (Comedy Theatre) - 90 minutes without interval
Jonathan Larson wrote the smash hit Broadway musical Rent. How he got there involved pain and persistence. That’s the subject of tick,...
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Alex First
- 7 hours ago
- 2 min
Wittenoom (Red Stitch Theatre) - 65 minutes
Wittenoom, the former town and declared contaminated site in the Pilbara region of Western Australia was, in short, a death trap. During...
Alex First
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
Mary Poppins (Her Majesty's Theatre) - 150 minutes, plus a 20-minute interval
In a word, Mary Poppins is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! The theatrics – the staging, set design and magic introduced into this...
Alex First
- Jan 22
- 2 min
Sunday (MTC) at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner - 2 hours 55 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
Sunday Reed is a firecracker. She is a woman unlike any other. She is instinctive … a free spirit. Although she has some mental health...
Alex First
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Legends in Concert at The Palms at Crown
Energy and enthusiasm are the hallmarks of a slick tribute show to some of the greatest musical artists the world has seen. Legends in...
Alex First
- Jan 7
- 2 min
Motherlod_^e (Frenzy Theatre Company) at Theatre Works
Sixty-five minutes of glorious mayhem. That is what you get with this extraordinarily detailed production. It is set against the...
Alex First
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Madagascar The Musical (Comedy Theatre) - 100 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
A musical for the littlies – I speak of preschoolers and primary school age children – Madagascar The Musical is based on the successful...
Alex First
- Dec 29, 2022
- 3 min
Slava's Snowshow (Arts Centre Melbourne) - 100 minutes, including interval
Vanya Polunin is to clowning what Sir Donald Bradman was to cricket – a genius. Honing his highly creative endeavour over decades, he is...
Alex First
- Dec 27, 2022
- 3 min
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Regent Theatre) - 105 minutes, plus interval
A new Pharoah has stepped into Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. Trevor Ashley, who played Edna Turnblad in Hairspray more than a...
Alex First
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
At The Crossroads (120 minutes, including a 20-minute interval)
Dale Burridge has a sensational voice and is a big talent. He received the shock of his life after reaching the pinnacle of his career,...
Alex First
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
A Simple Act of Kindness at Red Stitch Theatre - 110 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
Sophia (Lou Wall) has been desperate to get into the property market for some time. So it is that (yet again) she puts the hard word on...
Alex First
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Little Eyolf at (Burning House & Heartstring) Theatre Works' Explosives Factory - 85 minutes
Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf (1894) is a searing portrait of angst. Rita (Elisa Armstrong) is deeply in love with...
Alex First
- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
Monsters (Malthouse Theatre) - 65 minutes
As children, what do we fear the most? That the boogie man will get us. It is from that dark place that Monsters comes. It is all about...
Alex First
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
The Mentor (Bravo Arts) at Theatre Works - 70 minutes, without interval
Vulnerability and how to make it as an actor. That is what The Mentor is all about. Amanda Redfern (Amanda Muggleton) is noted for one...
Alex First
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
Caress/Ache (Silver String Productions) at The MC Showroom - 95 minutes, without interval
The sense of touch is put under the microscope in the Victorian premiere of Suzie Miller’s searing drama Caress/Ache. Five actors play...
Alex First
- Nov 20, 2022
- 2 min
The Fleetwood Pac - 120 minutes, including interval
With silky vocals and a big sound, this Fleetwood Mac tribute band is pure gold. There is a lot of love in the room for breathing new...
Alex First
- Nov 19, 2022
- 2 min
Old Vic's A Christmas Carol (Comedy Theatre) - 125 minutes, plus interval
The story of Scrooge who was “helped” to discover the true meaning of Christmas by ghosts may be familiar to most, but Old Vic’s...
Alex First
- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
The Gist (Uninvited Theatre) at Bard's Apothecary - 50 minutes
It is a play unlike any other. In fact, it is a 50-minute interrogation. There is tension in the air and we – the audience – are flies on...
Alex First
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Regent Theatre) - 105 minutes, plus interval
Straight from the West End, the new, reimagined production of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat is a delightful, fun, engaging and...
Alex First
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
David Strassman's The Chocolate Diet (Athenaeum Theatre) - 90 minutes, plus interval
He calls Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre his second home and why wouldn’t he because audiences love him here every time he tours. Put...
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