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Hadestown, at Her Majesty’s Theatre - 2 hours 30 minutes, including interval
Lovers Orpheus (Noah Mullins) and Eurydice (Eliza Soriano, filling in for regular Abigail Adriano) find out the hard way that if you deal...
Alex First
May 113 min read


The Black Woman of Gippsland (MTC) at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner - 80 minutes without interval
The past and the present collide in a story that involves reframing a tainted history. Â We are in Gippsland in the 1840s and a white...
Alex First
May 112 min read


The Comeuppance, at Red Stitch Actors' Theatre - 2 hours, plus interval
Personal and societal catastrophic incidents shape a pre-get together, ahead of a 20th anniversary high school reunion in Washington DC...
Alex First
May 53 min read


The Beep Test (Theatre Works) - 60 minutes
The win at all costs mentality that underpins The Beep Test carries with it a high price. Â This is Year 7C, whose driven PE teacher...
Alex First
May 43 min read


St Kilda Tales: A Performance Rave (Victorian Theatre Company and Brisbane Music Festival), at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory - 115 minutes, with no interval
Sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. The heartbeat of a suburb is captured in St Kilda Tales.  All but two hours of movement and conversation is...
Alex First
May 33 min read


The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale, at Comedy Theatre - 3 hours, including interval
Call me a heathen, but I never got into the mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic and beloved trilogy The Lord of the Rings.  Mind you, I...
Alex First
May 23 min read


The Verdi Gala Concert (Opera Australia) at Hamer Hall - 2 hours 20 minutes, including interval
Who were the big winners from The Verdi Gala Concert at Hamer Hall?  We – the audience – as we were left in awe of the raw emotion on...
Alex First
May 12 min read


Songs from the Canyon (Mrs Reznik & Select Music), at Palais Theatre and touring - 2 hours, including interval
My, couldn’t we do with more peace and love in the world now, arguably more than ever?  That is why Songs from the Canyon (that is...
Alex First
Apr 272 min read


Blackpill., at Theatre Works' Explosives Factory - 70 minutes
A young employee, Eli (Oliver Tapp), is sacked from his sales job for his intimidatory social media posts outside work to ex-girlfriend...
Alex First
Apr 183 min read


Circus Oz Non Stop, at Melbourne Town Hall - 55 minutes
New York-bound Circus Oz bring daring feats of athleticism and strength, as well as laughter to Melbourne Town Hall. Â They enjoy...
Alex First
Apr 173 min read


Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett, at Meat Market - 2 hours, including interval
With a powerful and pulsating music base, inspired by Berlin in the 1920s, Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett is slick and sizzling, ribald...
Alex First
Apr 143 min read


Popera: Sex, Death & Politics, at The Motley Bauhaus - 60 minutes
The concept is a game show-based pop quiz with a musical focus, overlaid with a manufactured relationship breakdown by the host, Uma...
Alex First
Apr 132 min read


Danny Bhoy: Dear World …, at Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne - 70 minutes
Scotsman Danny Bhoy is a brilliant, easy-going, personable, eminently relatable comedian who has been plying his trade full-time around...
Alex First
Apr 124 min read


Moulin Scrooge! An Adults Only Panto, at Chapel Off Chapel - two hours, plus interval
Drag star Trevor Ashley et al slay it in a riotously funny show that derives its conceit from Baz Luhrmann’s jukebox musical Moulin...
Alex First
Apr 113 min read


Melanie Bracewell: A Little Treat, at Max Watt's - 60 minutes
Mel Bracewell is comic gold. She is a delightful yarn spinner, who turns the ordinary into the special. Appropriately, she has the...
Alex First
Apr 94 min read


Harry Potter: The Exhibition, at Fever Exhibition and Experience Centre (62 Dawson Street, Brunswick) - 90 minutes
Harry Potter is a global cultural phenomenon. Â It started with what became the most successful book series in history (more than 600...
Alex First
Apr 83 min read


Jordan Barr: Dog Why, at The Westin Melbourne - 60 minutes
Frequently politically incorrect, Jordan Barr revels in pushing the boundaries in a show that stirs the pot. Â Many are in the firing...
Alex First
Apr 63 min read


Lightfall: Nature After Dark, at Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne - 45 minutes
Lightscape (Friday, 20th June – Sunday, 10th August, 2025) has become an annual, must-see cavalcade of illuminated wonder at Royal...
Alex First
Apr 62 min read


Antilton, at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory - 70 minutes
It has the look and feel of a silly student production.  It marks the first fully written play and directorial debut of Oscar O’Brien.  ...
Alex First
Apr 43 min read


One Man Musical, at Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne - 75 minutes
A horrendous sound mix – it was too loud and distorting – ruined what could have been one of the best shows at the Melbourne...
Alex First
Apr 23 min read
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