Alex First
Love Actually? The Musical Parody, at Athenaeum Theatre - 90 minutes
What is the best way to appreciate Love Actually? The Musical Parody? Even though the irreverent script deviates somewhat from the 2003...
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The Addams Family (OSMaD), at Geoffrey McComas Theatre, Hawthorn - 2 hours 35 minutes (including interval)
I must have watched all 64 episodes of mid 1960s black and white TV series The Addams Family, relishing every new encounter with the...
Alex First
Dec 13 min read
F**k Christmas, at Malthouse Theatre - 75 minutes
As we enter the theatre, trawling the aisles is a performer donning evocative Christmas attire and sporting disco era hair. She...
Alex First
Nov 304 min read
The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol, at Comedy Theatre - 2 hours, including a 20-minute interval
Whether it has become an annual pilgrimage or if you are seeing it for the first time, The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol is an outstanding,...
Alex First
Nov 293 min read
One Day in September, at Athenaeum Theatre 2
Just how far has society moved forward in 2024? We say we embrace the LGBTQIA+ community and yet not one AFL footballer has yet come...
Alex First
Nov 242 min read
The Hall (Bullet Heart Club), at fortyfivedownstairs - 75 minutes
Featuring Sacred Harp, otherwise known as shape-note or fasola, singing, The Hall is a moving and superbly executed offering. It...
Alex First
Nov 232 min read
BLAKTIVISM, at Hamer Hall
Charisma, craft and cut through were the hallmarks of the headline act at BLAKTIVISM 2024. I speak of Baker Boy who had the audience in...
Alex First
Nov 222 min read
Cruel Brittania: After Frankenstein, at The Showroom, Arts Centre Melbourne - 80 minutes
English author Mary Shelley’s (1797–1851) gothic novel Frankenstein was first published in 1818. Now Kristen Smyth has crafted and...
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Nov 173 min read
What's This? (National Drama School), at Theatre Works' Explosives Factory - 80 minutes
American writer Edgar Allan Poe (19th January, 1809 – 7th October, 1849) cultivated mystery and the macabre. There is horror in his work....
Alex First
Nov 162 min read
Eurovision on Tour - 3 hours, including interval
From relatively humble beginnings in 1956, when only seven nations competed, the Eurovision Song Contest has grown into a juggernaut of...
Alex First
Nov 153 min read
Midnight Carousel, at Theatre Works - 100 minutes, plus interval
As many of us know, work can be all consuming. So much so that to our detriment we tend to neglect those nearest and dearest to us, the...
Alex First
Nov 142 min read
Chorus! (Opera Australia) at Geelong Arts Centre - 1 hour
It is only natural that the principals or leads receive the greatest plaudits in all forms of entertainment, be that opera, ballet,...
Alex First
Nov 132 min read
My Brilliant Career (MTC), at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner - 2 hours 20 minutes, including interval
Quite some undertaking … to turn the iconic novel My Brilliant Career, about a young girl/woman who doesn’t fit in, who charts her own...
Alex First
Nov 113 min read
The Magic Flute (Opera Australia), at Geelong Arts Centre - 2 hours 45 minutes, including interval
A light, lively and joyous family friendly production of Mozart’s final opera before his passing, The Magic Flute is a cavalcade of fun...
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Nov 113 min read
Peter and the Starcatcher, at The Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne - 2 hours 20 minutes, including interval
A Peter Pan origin story, Peter and the Starcatcher is a slapstick pantomime fantasy, infused with music, dance and puppetry. So, it is...
Alex First
Nov 102 min read
Made in China: 2.0 (The Show Room, Arts Centre Melbourne) - 60 minutes
I am faced with a predicament that I can’t say I have confronted too many times after a few decades of reviewing. I have just seen a...
Alex First
Nov 93 min read
Sister Act, at Regent Theatre - 2 hours 30 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
From the opening words “oh, crap”, uttered by Sister Mary Lazarus, as played by the indomitable Rhonda Burchmore, we know Sister Act will...
Alex First
Nov 72 min read
MARVELous The Show, at The National Theatre - 2 hours plus interval
MARVELous The Show is an irreverent, R-rated, musical parody of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that has fans squealing with delight. It...
Alex First
Nov 33 min read
Sweet Pea (Mover’s Call Theatre Company), at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory - 80 minutes
Eight former friends and their partners and ex partners, all in their 20s, come together to commemorate the life of Bean (Jacob Gamble),...
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Nov 23 min read
Consent (Bottled Snail Productions), at Chapel Off Chapel - 2 hours 20 minutes, plus interval
What constitutes sexual assault and how difficult is it to prosecute? That is one of the key questions asked in the dramatic, at times...
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