Alex First
The Meeting, at Red Stitch Theatre - 60 minutes
A secret imaginary rendezvous between two towering but polar opposite African American leaders plays out in The Meeting. The pair lived...
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Alex First
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Ghost Stories (Athenaeum Theatre) - 80 minutes with no interval
An engaging professor of parapsychology talks us through the history of ghost stories – how they came to be and how they have evolved...
Alex First
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Cyrano (MTC) - 100 minutes without interval
A massive triumph. The MTC production of the season. A talented cast, headlined by writer and star Virginia Gay prove that the pen is...
Alex First
- Sep 24
- 2 min
Instruments of Dance (The Australian Ballet) - Arts Centre Melbourne (100 mins plus two intervals)
The second line of Peter Allen’s iconic anthem I Still Call Australia Home contains the words “From New York to Rio and old London Town”....
Alex First
- Sep 20
- 2 min
Variations or Exit Music, at La Mama Courthouse (90 minutes without interval)
Twelve years ago, Justin (Matthew Connell) fell in love for the first time. That relationship with Jason (Lachlan Martin) lasted for 18...
Alex First
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Everything and Nothing - The Songs of Luke Di Somma (The MC Showroom) - 60 minutes
New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based Luke Di Somma is a highly personable, immensely gifted musical theatre composer. With self-deprecating...
Alex First
- Sep 11
- 2 min
Senser (Theatre Works) - 75 minutes
Imagine what a dark place a world without music would be. That is the starting point for this bold, brassy and zany work, the brainchild...
Alex First
- Sep 10
- 2 min
Freaky Friday (theatrical) at Chapel Off Chapel - 120 minutes excluding interval
A widow with a 16-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son who prides herself on her scrupulous control and attention to detail is due to...
Alex First
- Sep 10
- 2 min
Bed & Breakfast (Fairly Lucid Productions), at Chapel Off Chapel - 120 minutes, excluding interval
A dramatic comedy, Bed & Breakfast is a brilliantly written, outstandingly realised double hander with many parts. The work of Canadian...
Alex First
- Sep 7
- 2 min
K-Box (Malthouse Theatre) - 90 minutes without interval
Identity is the theme of a dramatic comedy about a 34-year-old who is trying to get a sense of self. Korean-born Lucy (Susanna Qian) was...
Alex First
- Sep 4
- 2 min
Caught (Red Stitch) - 85 minutes
After spending two years in a Chinese jail for organising a protest that never happened, Lin Bo (Louis Le) has given an exclusive...
Alex First
- Sep 2
- 2 min
The Dark Web (Bottled Snail) at Chapel Off Chapel - 90 minutes without interval
Clever and melodic, The Dark Web is a delightful, rib tickling, original musical from the vivid imagination of its writer, composer and...
Alex First
- Sep 2
- 3 min
Come From Away (Comedy Theatre) - 100 minutes without interval
I have seen it three times now and on each occasion I exit the theatre in awe of what I have just witnessed. Simply put, it is a show I...
Alex First
- Sep 1
- 2 min
Shake Rattle ‘N’ Roll at the Athenaeum Theatre and touring
A cavalcade of song, movement and colour, Shake Rattle ‘N’ Roll breathes new life into the sounds of the ‘50s and ’60s with entertainment...
Alex First
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Lucrezia Borgia (Athenaeum Theatre) - 2 hours 30 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
Soaring vocals and a bravura performance by Soprano Helena Dix are among the many highlights of Lucrezia Borgia, in which subterfuge and...
Alex First
- Aug 25
- 2 min
More than a Game: The Unauthorised Footy Show Musical at Chapel Off Chapel (60 minutes)
In 2016, the footy world was stunned when good mates Billy Brownless and Garry Lyon became involved in scandal. It was all do with the...
Alex First
- Aug 21
- 2 min
Laurinda (MTC) - 100 minutes (with no interval)
Bullying and racism are not acceptable in any environment and yet the schoolyard can be a hotbed of discontent. So it is for 15-year-old...
Alex First
- Aug 18
- 3 min
Anna K (Malthouse Theatre) - 90 minutes
By their very nature, human relationships are often messy. The vast majority don’t hit the headlines, but public figures are considered...
Alex First
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Hairspray (Regent Theatre) - 2 hours 40 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
The spark burns brightly in Hairspray, a delightfully breezy musical with discrimination as its theme. It is colourful and dynamic, with...
Alex First
- Aug 14
- 2 min
I am Emilia Bassano (75 minutes) at Justin Art House Museum, 3 Lumley Court, Prahran
What’s the truism? Behind every great man there is a woman. There would be few arguments that the greatest writer of all time was William...