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La Traviata (Arts Centre Melbourne) - 120 minutes, plus 2 x 20 minute intervals
Soprano Stacey Alleaume is almost ethereal in a scintillating performance as Violetta Valery in Giuseppe Verdi’s fraught,...
Alex First
May 8, 20222 min read


Girl from the North Country (Comedy Theatre) - 130 minutes, plus a 20-minute interval
Set during the Great Depression, Girl from the North Country is a brilliantly conceived and executed theatrical production, featuring the...
Alex First
May 5, 20223 min read


Peta and the Wolf - 60 minutes
In 1936, Sergei Prokofiev was commissioned by the Central Children’s Theatre in Moscow to write a musical symphony, the result of which...
Alex First
May 3, 20222 min read


The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - 2 hours 50 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
Think of the notoriously sinful cities Sodom and Gomorrah referenced in the bible that were destroyed by sulphur and fire because of...
Alex First
May 2, 20222 min read


The Heartbreak Choir (MTC) - 120 minutes plus a 20-minute interval
A delightful, poignant, funny, uplifting play with music, The Heartbreak Choir charms its way into our hearts. It features a bunch of...
Alex First
Apr 30, 20223 min read


Ally Morgan, Not Today (Theatre Works) - 60 minutes
So, okay, off the top here’s my recommendation – go along and see Not Today and fall in love with the zany personality that is the...
Alex First
Apr 29, 20222 min read


Matador la experienca (Meat Market) - 120 minutes, including interval
Matador la experienca has taken the best of Matador and stepped it up a notch to create a totally electrifying and immersive showcase of...
Alex First
Apr 28, 20222 min read


To Barbra With Love: An 80th Birthday Celebration (MSO and Live Nation) at Hamer Hall - 120 minutes
Unquestionably one of the most talented singers on the planet (not to overlook her many other creative endeavours), it is hard to believe...
Alex First
Apr 23, 20222 min read


SLAP. BANG. KISS. (MTC) - 60 minutes
They’re living in a totalitarian State, where Big Brother is everywhere. There’s a 6pm curfew that must be met. Drones hover overhead,...
Alex First
Apr 22, 20222 min read


The Best of Akmal (Athenaeum Theatre) - 60 minutes
Egyptian-born Akmal emigrated to Australia with his family when he was 11 years of age. From the roof of his 20-storey apartment building...
Alex First
Apr 18, 20222 min read


Ross Noble On the Go (Athenaeum Theatre) - 60 minutes
English comedian Ross Noble can’t help himself. He opens his mouth and out tumbles gag after gag … based on the simplest of things. The...
Alex First
Apr 17, 20222 min read


A Bond Among Us (The Butterfly Club) - 55 minutes
If you are totally immersed in the mythology of James Bond and his adversaries, this show will delight and amuse you. At its core is...
Alex First
Apr 15, 20222 min read


On by Circa (Circa) - 65 minutes
A bare stage, save for the odd chair brought in now and again as a prop, is the domain of a troupe of eight highly talented artistes,...
Alex First
Apr 11, 20222 min read


Cab Suave (Reunion Park) - 50 minutes
Film noir in style, Cab Suave, produced by independent arts collective Sparkle Society, is circus and cabaret mixed with comedy under the...
Alex First
Apr 10, 20222 min read


Lano & Woodley Moby Dick (Comedy Theatre) - 65 minutes (Melbourne International Comedy Festival)
The publication of what is regarded as one of America’s greatest novels is the pretense for shenanigans from two of Australia’s favourite...
Alex First
Apr 7, 20222 min read


Judith Lucy & Denise Scott Still Here (Arts Centre Melbourne) - 70 minutes
COVID-19 has provided plenty of rich fodder for comedians Judith Lucy and Denise Scott. They take to the stage in presumably faux fur as...
Alex First
Apr 4, 20222 min read


The Return of Shafar (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) - 50 minutes
A perennial favourite of mine, Michael Shafar is one very funny man who has no hesitation in pushing the boundaries and fortunately he is...
Alex First
Apr 4, 20222 min read


Hard Quiz Live (Melbourne Town Hall) - 70 minutes (Melbourne International Comedy Festival)
Gold Logie winner Tom Gleeson is highly entertaining and hilarious as he hosts the equivalent of an episode of his popular comedic ABC...
Alex First
Apr 3, 20222 min read


Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Red Stitch Theatre) - 135 minutes plus 20 minute interval
Catholic guilt and US conservative politics are given a whack in the Australian premiere of Will Arbery’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning....
Alex First
Mar 26, 20223 min read


Hamilton (Her Majesty's Theatre) - 150 minutes plus 20 minute interval
Dramatic, emotional, evocative. Electrifying. Triumphant. That is Hamilton, as good a musical as has yet been seen on stage. That’s...
Alex First
Mar 25, 20223 min read
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