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Happy End (Victorian Opera) at Arts Centre Melbourne - 120 minutes plus 20 minute interval
Slapstick humour characterises a little staged and decidedly different style of saints and sinners musical. Victorian Opera’s Happy End...
Alex First
Mar 24, 20222 min read


An American in Paris (State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne) - 135 minutes plus a 20 minute interval
Once you learn that Robbie Fairchild was a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet you can understand why he glides so effortlessly...
Alex First
Mar 21, 20223 min read


Next to Normal (James Terry Collective) at Chapel off Chapel - 120 minutes plus a 20 minute interval
Next to Normal is one of the finest and most profound musicals to hit the stage. It is not for naught that it won the Pulitzer Prize for...
Alex First
Mar 20, 20223 min read


Chase (Malthouse Theatre) - 70 minutes without interval
Pushing the boundaries and then some is a bizarre piece of theatre conceived and performed by Carly Sheppard in the guise of a character...
Alex First
Mar 18, 20222 min read


Yentl (Kadimah), at Arts Centre Melbourne - 120 minutes, excluding a 20-minute interval
An original English and Yiddish adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy, Kadimah’s full length play is a...
Alex First
Mar 17, 20223 min read


Nothing (fortyfivedownstairs) - 80 minutes without interval
Pierre Anthon is a massive thorn in the backside of his classmates in year 9. Just one utterance changed their perspective of the world...
Alex First
Mar 12, 20223 min read


Admissions (MTC) at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner (100 minutes without interval)
White privilege receives a pummelling in the satire Admissions. It is 2015 and Sherri Rosen-Mason (Kat Stewart) is head of admissions at...
Alex First
Mar 11, 20223 min read


Tommy (Victorian Opera) at Palais Theatre - 110 minutes, including interval
Great energy, a strong score, big voices, creative staging and impressive lighting design distinguish Tommy circa 2022. The story still...
Alex First
Feb 23, 20222 min read


Stardust + The Mission (The Space Company) at Chapel off Chapel - 100 minutes plus interval
A brass band is the connection between two fascinating and compelling unrelated personal stories that are part of a double bill known as...
Alex First
Feb 19, 20223 min read


Music (Talking Candle Productions), at MC Showroom - 90 minutes without interval
The challenges and complexities associated with mental health are front and centre in a compelling play based around a young man who...
Alex First
Feb 18, 20223 min read


I'm Yours, Maddy (MC Showroom) - 60 minutes without interval
Maddy Pratt loves sex … she loves, loves, loves sex. So, it only makes sense that she would pen an ode to her favourite pastime. She is...
Alex First
Feb 12, 20221 min read


Fun Home (MTC), Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne - 100 minutes without interval
A poignant and amusing slice of life musical, it is not hard to see why Fun Home received five Tony Awards for the original Broadway...
Alex First
Feb 11, 20223 min read


The Wedding Singer: The Musical Comedy (Arts Centre Melbourne) - 150 minutes including interval
What a thoroughly entertaining showpiece! I last saw The Wedding Singer when it played at the Athenaeum Theatre last May. Now, at the...
Alex First
Feb 7, 20223 min read


Grace (Red Stitch Theatre) - 110 minutes without interval
A family secret is the elephant in the room when three generations of women share luxury hotel accommodation in Copenhagen as one of...
Alex First
Feb 5, 20222 min read


Touching the Void (MTC) - 100 minutes without interval
A near death experience is revealed as an adventure story in MTC’s comedic drama Touching the Void, which kicks off its 2022 season. The...
Alex First
Jan 22, 20222 min read


Jagged Little Pill (Comedy Theatre) - 2 hours 45 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
The Oscar-winning writer of the powerful film Juno, Diablo Cody, has crafted another beauty, this time the storyline behind the stellar...
Alex First
Jan 17, 20223 min read


Oracle - 110 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
Zodiac mythology binds together 12 acts that are a fusion of circus, burlesque and dance in Oracle. It is the work of the team behind the...
Alex First
Jan 9, 20222 min read


Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies (The Australian Shakespeare Company) at Ripponlea - 70 minutes
Littlies (several wearing angel wings) danced and clapped. They cheered and waved their arms about. Truth be told, so did their parents...
Alex First
Jan 4, 20222 min read


The Wind in the Willows (The Australian Shakespeare Company) - 90 minutes without interval
Hijinks abound in The Australian Shakespeare Company’s fun-filled treat The Wind in the Willows at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Populated...
Alex First
Dec 24, 20212 min read


Title of Show (Be You Productions) at The MC Showroom - 90 minutes without interval
You have your eyes on the prize. You are so intent on making it that you can figuratively taste it. That is what confronts the couple of...
Alex First
Dec 17, 20213 min read
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