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Gillian Cosgriff: Fresh New Worries, at The Show Room, Arts Centre Melbourne - 60 minutes
As her show reveals, Gillian Cosgriff is a born worrier who Googles just about everything. But, of course, she is not the only stress...
Alex First
Mar 313 min read


Geraldine Hickey: Meander, at Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne - 60 minutes
There is nothing comedian Geraldine Hickey likes more to clear her mind than a bit of a wander – a walk or a run – or so she tells us. ...
Alex First
Mar 312 min read


SLAY, at Theatre Works' Explosives Factory - 70 minutes
A contemporary comedic horror, SLAY challenges the patriarchy and looks to install feminists as the next legitimate Australian...
Alex First
Mar 302 min read


Luke McGregor: Okay, Wow, at Comedy Theatre (part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival) - 50 minutes
He’s quick-witted, natural, easy going and self-deprecating. He’s playful and he’s funny. Luke McGregor speaks openly about his autism,...
Alex First
Mar 293 min read


Guys & Dolls (Opera Australia’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour) - 3 hours, including a 35-minute interval
Seventy-five years on, Guys & Dolls continues to charm and delight. The Handa Opera production on Sydney Harbour is polished, memorable...
Alex First
Mar 264 min read


Picnic at Hanging Rock (Sydney Theatre Company) - 90 minutes without interval
Is the rock a portal to other worlds, the conduit for transformative magic, which allows people to simply disappear? These are...
Alex First
Mar 252 min read


MJ: The Musical (Lyric Theatre) - 2 hours 50 minutes, including interval
What a powerhouse of a show this is. The music, the moves and magnitude of it all were certainly not lost on me. The setting is the...
Alex First
Mar 243 min read


4000 Miles (Sydney Theatre Company), at Wharf 1 Theatre - 100 minutes, without interval
Twenty-one-year-old Leo Joseph-Connell (Shiv Palekar) values his independence. He’s fallen out with his mother Jane and is on a...
Alex First
Mar 222 min read


Jesus Christ Superstar (Princess Theatre) - 1 hour 50 minutes, including interval
One of the most powerful opening nights I have attended, the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar absolutely nailed it at the Princess Theatre....
Alex First
Mar 212 min read


Lyceum Highway and Metropolis Monologues (Melbourne Writers' Theatre), at Meat Market Stables - 70 minutes and 50 minutes respectively
Can we escape a tortured past? That question is at the heart of the new drama Lyceum Highway, written by KV Adams and debuting at Meat...
Alex First
Mar 183 min read


Boys on the Verge of Tears (The Maybe Pile), at fortyfivedownstairs - 95 minutes, without interval
Boys on the Verge of Tears is one of the toughest, grittiest plays I have come across. Having premiered at the Soho Theatre in London...
Alex First
Mar 173 min read


The Removalists (MTC), at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner - 1 hour 45 minutes, without interval
A rogue cop, police brutality and domestic violence are front and centre in David Williamson’s incendiary satire The Removalists. ...
Alex First
Mar 164 min read


Kagami: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Tin Drum, at Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
A Zen experience involving the late, great Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (17th January, 1952 – 28th March, 2023), Kagami fuses music...
Alex First
Mar 162 min read


An Audience with Don Dunstan, at Chapel Off Chapel - 80 minutes, without interval
Strong socially progressive views, music and poetry distinguish Neil Cole’s new play An Audience with Don Dunstan. It shines a light on...
Alex First
Mar 154 min read


RBG: Of Many, One (Sydney Theatre Company), at Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne - 95 minutes, without interval ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Stunning. Brilliant. Remarkable. Heather Mitchell’s portrayal of US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of the most...
Alex First
Mar 133 min read


Three Sisters, at Theatre Works - 2 hours 20 minutes, including interval
Misery abounds in Anton Chekov’s Three Sisters. One hundred and 25 years after he wrote it, it continues to resonate. The three...
Alex First
Mar 123 min read


Carmen (The Australian Ballet), at Regent Theatre - 105 minutes, plus a 25-minute interval
Dark and dramatic comes this contemporary adaptation of Georges Bizet’s 19th-century opera. What choreographer John Inger has done in...
Alex First
Mar 83 min read


Robot Dog (MTC), at Southbank Theatre, The Lawler - 80 minutes, without interval
It is Melbourne 2042 and artificial intelligence has evolved. Melanie Chan Wing Lam (Jing-Xuan Chan) has died (it appears to be...
Alex First
Mar 63 min read


Never Have I Ever (MTC), at Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne - 2 hours, 20 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
If you have money, just how far are you prepared to go and at what price? That is the question at the centre of the devilishly clever...
Alex First
Mar 43 min read


The Boys in the Band (James Terry Collective), at Chapel Off Chapel - 100 minutes without interval
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Revolutionary back in the day, The Boys in the Band still packs punch 57 years later. In 1968, when the play premiered...
Alex First
Mar 33 min read
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