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Have you ever thought about playing mini golf with a tail? No, I am not off with the pixies.   Swingers: The Art of Mini Golf, a...

POV (Point of View) is an extraordinary undertaking, unlike anything I have seen.   A 14-year-old – played by alternates on different...

Life’s struggle from childhood is captured in captivating form in Botis Seva’s Olivier Award-winning dance theatre production BLKDOG.  ...

If you think a musical about Greek gods is too much of a literary stretch and hardly relatable to the modern world, think again.   The...

A portent of doom hangs over Melbourne Opera’s production of Samson & Delilah.   It is largely dark and foreboding (lighting design is by...

My approach to reviewing is to enter a theatre, cinema or gallery knowing nothing about what I am about to see and hear.   That means not...

Who has the right to tell you how and when to give birth?   Of course, it is a deeply personal issue, but one that, over generations, has...

From the highly creative mind of Wes Anderson comes the story of a ruthless businessman and his estranged daughter.   It is 1950. Anatole...

Max Gillies is a living treasure who brings frustration, despair and humour to three fine pieces involving men at the tail end of their...

It is the summer of 1967. Young Australians are being drafted to serve in the Vietnam War. Back home, life continues. Tom (Patrick Leong)...

A spirited, colourful and joyful celebration of the King of Pop, Taalib York recaptures the music and the moves that made Michael...

Society has grown up with the expectation that women will get married to men and have children.   The men will go to work, while the...

I know the 2025 Green Room Awards for the best of the best of Melbourne theatre have just been announced, but here is the early contender...

A pugilist’s confessional, Shadow Boxing is tough, gritty and unrelenting.   Samuel Addison features as the boxer, whose father, Errol...

With enthusiasm and zest, a richly talented cast brings to life the charm and ditz of a musical set in the Prohibition era.   With music...

So much fun. Eddie is just perfect (bad pun for lead Eddie Perfect) as the smelly old demon Beetlejuice, in the riotous musical of the...

Outstanding performing arts company Circa is known for pushing boundaries and it has done so again with Humans 2.0.   Blending movement...

An awkward meeting in a pub between British literary agent Jerry (Gabriel Partington) and his best friend’s wife Emma (Michaela Bedel)...

The emotional resonance of Les Misérables is massive in the Melbourne leg of The Arena Spectacular world tour.   It is a production full...

What is real and what is imagined? What if you firmly – hand on heart – believe something to be true and you act accordingly?   These are...