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Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett (Queen Victoria Market) - 90 minutes plus interval
Risqué and ribald, the R-rated treat that is Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett features an astounding cavalcade of talent. Provocative...
Alex First
Oct 12, 20222 min read


Chicago (CLOC) at the National Theatre, St Kilda - 2 hours plus interval
CLOC's production of the hit musical Chicago sizzles. It is cheeky and cheery and holds its own nearly half a century after it was first...
Alex First
Oct 9, 20222 min read


You're a Catch! Why are You Single? (Theatre Works) - 60 minutes
Just how fraught is the dating scene? A sea of vipers, low lifes and misfits, according to an impressive and evocative work from writer...
Alex First
Oct 9, 20222 min read


Romeo and Juliet (Arts Centre Melbourne) - 120 minutes plus two intervals
After a 19-year hiatus, the emotion charged, highly acclaimed production of Romeo and Juliet by choreographer John Cranko takes centre...
Alex First
Oct 8, 20222 min read


Everyman & His Dog (Theatre Works' Explosives Factory) - 60 minutes
Dr John Everyman (Dennis Coard) is a retired and much-loved GP who lost his wife Sophia, when she was just 59. She was taken 13 years ago...
Alex First
Oct 7, 20222 min read


Holding The Man (Taylor Made Productions) at Chapel Off Chapel - 2 hours plus 20 minute interval
Based on a memoir by the late Timothy Conigrave, playwright Tommy Murphy has given us an up close and personal look at a 15-year gay...
Alex First
Oct 7, 20222 min read


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...
Alex First
Oct 2, 20222 min read


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
Oct 2, 20222 min read


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 30, 20222 min read


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 24, 20222 min read


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 21, 20222 min read


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 19, 20221 min read


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 11, 20222 min read


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 11, 20222 min read


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 10, 20222 min read


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 8, 20222 min read


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 4, 20222 min read


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 3, 20222 min read


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 2, 20223 min read


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
Sep 1, 20222 min read
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