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The Lark, at Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne - 70 minutes
In a bravura showing, Noni Hazlehurst delivers a world class performance as the ageing proprietor of a small, old-style, inner city...
Alex First
Sep 53 min read


The Play That Goes Wrong, at Athenaeum Theatre and touring - 2 hours, including interval ★★★★½
If you are into slapstick humour, you are going to have a ball. Â This riotous theatrical disaster is stumbling its way around Australia...
Alex First
Sep 42 min read


Tarzan: The Stage Musical (James Terry Collective), at The National Theatre - 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval ★★★★
How do you find your rightful place in the world? Where do you fit in? In the case of Tarzan, is it in the big city, among humans, or in...
Alex First
Sep 13 min read


Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: A Lifetime of Standing Ovations - 2 hours, including interval
The Aussies and the Irish get along like a house on fire.  Shared values, a love of sport and Guinness aren’t a half bad starting point....
Alex First
Aug 313 min read


The Machine Stops, at Theatre Works - 65 minutes
Our worst fears about artificial intelligence are realised in The Machine Stops, which is an adaptation of the 1909 novella by former...
Alex First
Aug 272 min read


Destiny (MTC), at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner - 100 minutes, without interval
Fear and activism sit alongside one another in a deeply felt, personal story about apartheid, set in South Africa in January 1976. Â In...
Alex First
Aug 263 min read


The Simon & Garfunkel Story, at Hamer Hall and touring - 2 hours 20 minutes, including interval
What is the highest compliment you can pay a tribute band, in this case one that looks at the life and times of the most successful folk...
Alex First
Aug 253 min read


Ordinary Days (Clovelly Fox Productions), at fortyfivedownstairs - 80 minutes
What a stunning song cycle! It premiered off the West End in 2008 and off Broadway the following year and first appeared in Australia in...
Alex First
Aug 243 min read


The Humans (Malvern Theatre Company), at Malvern Theatre
What are the common links between the 8.2 billion people that inhabit the planet?  Simple. First up, we err because, let’s face it, to...
Alex First
Aug 243 min read


Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo, at John Cain Arena in Melbourne and touring
Spirited and playful, with a series of dazzling and often surprising acts, Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo looks back on the life of a clown...
Alex First
Aug 233 min read


Footloose: The Musical, at Athenaeum Theatre - 2 hours 20 minutes, including interval
Light-hearted and fun, Footloose: The Musical is centred around change in conservative America in the 1980s. Â Navigating it, especially...
Alex First
Aug 154 min read


Dial M for Murder, at Theatre Works - 2 hours, including interval ★★★★
A murderous plan, oh most foul. Â That is at the heart of Dial M for Murder, written by Frederick Knott in 1952 and popularised by Alfred...
Alex First
Aug 142 min read


Trophy Boys, at Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne and Cremorne Theatre, QPAC - 70 minutes ★★★★★
The privileged, sexist, misogynistic attitude of a group of high achieving private Year 12 students is put under the microscope in this...
Alex First
Aug 142 min read


Abduction (Victorian Opera), at Palais Theatre - 2 hours 15 minutes, including interval
Abduction is so much wicked fun. Â It is the comedic elements in the English-language libretto, adapted by director Constantine Costi,...
Alex First
Aug 133 min read


The Paul McCartney Story (Music Legends), at Karralyka and touring - 2 hours, plus interval
One of the greatest singer songwriters of all time, Paul McCartney is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – as a...
Alex First
Aug 112 min read


Pride and Prejudice (Bloomshed), at Darebin Arts Centre and touring) - 90 minutes, without interval
What a weapon invective is in Bloomshed’s fun-filled, hilarious take on Pride and Prejudice.  The basic ingredients are there, but the...
Alex First
Aug 103 min read


The Orchard, at Malthouse Theatre - 75 minutes
Oh my. What would lauded Russian playwright Anton Chekhov think if he came back to life and saw Pony Cam’s hilarious reimagining of The...
Alex First
Aug 103 min read


The Simon & Garfunkel Story (Music Legends), at Geelong Arts Centre and touring - 2 hours plus interval
Generations on, the mellifluous sound of the American folk-rock duo continues to intoxicate. Now, a wonderful cover band brings back the...
Alex First
Aug 92 min read


In the Heights, at Comedy Theatre (and touring) - 2 hours 20 minutes, including interval ★★★★½
The singing and dancing in this Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) musical spectacular is off the charts. Â Featuring a blend of hip-hop and...
Alex First
Aug 83 min read


Miss Julie (Company 16), at fortyfivedownstairs - 90 minutes, with no interval ★★★★½
If you ever want evidence that sex sells, go and see Miss Julie. It is all about manipulation, class, power and control, which is just as...
Alex First
Aug 33 min read
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