A perfectly lovely night at Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, now playing at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, before heading to Sydney and Brisbane.
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Review - En Pointe
Morning Melodies is a sumptuous tasting platter of the kind of high-quality arts and performances programmed at Arts Centre Melbourne, and En Pointe was no exception – Australian Ballet School’s annual performance is now a tradition amongst Morning Melodies audiences, a treat to look forward to each year.
Review: Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical
Confused and problematic film becomes confused and problematic musical in Cruel Intentions, now playing at the Atheneum Theatre before embarking on an Australian tour.
Review - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Reimagined
Spellbinding spectacular Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has brought magic and adventure back to the Princess Theatre with the newly reopened one-night version – Potterheads and theatre fans alike will marvel in the unforgettable technical special effects and surprises the show has in store.
Review - Once on this Island
A rich and evocative piece of storytelling, Altitude Theatre’s performance of Once on this Island brings a 21st century take on the timeless musical, weaving current politics and Australia’s political history together with powerhouse performers in this explosion of sound at La Boite Theatre.
Review - Fangirls
Are you ready to enjoy Australia’s hottest new musical? It’s time to ask your mum for money to buy you tickets to Fangirls at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse Theatre asap! Use your best teenage guilt tactics – otherwise, you’ll be actually dead if you miss out.
Review - Drummer Queens
A highly energetic, joy filled drumming performance that will blow you away is now on tour around Australia! In the same vein as Stomp and Tap Dogs comes a new all-female percussive experience called Drummer Girls, featuring 8 incredible performers in about 90 minutes of explosive, energetic (but family friendly!) entertainment.
Review - He's Every Woman Unlimited
Midsumma stalwarts and cabaret extraordinaires Justin Clausen (‘The Voice’) and Jamie Burgess (‘Highway Superstar’, ‘Fortified’, ’39 Forever’ with Amity Dry) bring back a new version of their hit show He’s Every Woman Unlimited, chock full of 80s songs and sharing their adventures (or misadventures) across 2020.
She’s a Phoenix, Bitch
Australian audience should be familiar enough with Bryony Kimmings, with her previous shows in Melbourne, Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model and The Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer. But her latest show at Arts Centre Melbourne and QPAC, I’m a Phoenix, Bitch will skyrocket her to household name in the Australian performing arts scene for its immense power, raw emotion and sense of beauty and hope it in stills in audiences.
Confessions of Musical Theatre writers
Writing duo Kurt Kansley and Oliver Lidert brought Confessions to Home Grown at Chapel off Chapel earlier in the year, and are now out to conquer the West End with the show. Ahead of their run at The Other Palace, off West End, I spoke to them about what they’ve been up to since returning to the UK, and how they’ve been putting together Confessions for it’s London debut.
MURDER THEY WROTE - A FRINGE FESTIVAL IMRPOVISED 'WHO DUNNIT'
From some of the team behind the Big HOO-HAA comes an improvised who-dunnit inspired by the works of Agatha Christie. Welcome to Murder Village, where the population is decreasing and each colourful British character is more suspicious than the last.
POWERHOUSE ALL FEMALE TEAMS BRING TWO NEW MUSICALS TO FRINGE
After a sell out season in 2017, the University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association’s The Factory once again returns to the Melbourne Fringe Festival to present two brand new musicals by Australian writers, and presented by all female production teams.
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES ON OPERA
One of the wilder shows being presented this year’s Melbourne Fringe season is the Offenbach Retold Triptych, a satirical look at modern society through comedy and opera in French, presented by BK Opera. From blind magicians, agoraphobia, incompetent criminals to vacuous bloggers, three worlds will collide when Offenbach’s operas are presented with brand new stories for an evening of enlightening fun.
REVIEW: DAVID BADDIEL - MY FAMILY, NOT THE SITCOM
Trying to find the laughter in the darkness and the irony of it all, join David Baddiel for a wild ride of leg slapping humour as he recounts all of the eccentricities, funny stories and uniquenesses of his parents lives through stand up comedy.
THE STORY STARTS HERE: MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCE 2019 SEASON
September is announcement season for theatre in Australia, and Melbourne Theatre Company tonight unveil their star studded, glittering season for 2019. A feast of theatrical delights, Artist Director Brett Sheehy AO announced the six works written by Australian writers, including the first commission from the landmark NEXT STAGE Writer’s Program, along with six contemporary classics.
JONATHAN HICKEY JOINS NEW MUSICAL RECORDING CAST
Joining the cast of the new Australian musical recording, Any Moment, is Greenroom Award nominated actor Jonathan Hickey. Hickey, a graduate from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith Uniersity, is fluent in Italian and played Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza at Arts Centre Melbourne in 2017.
REVIEW: FROM: NEW YORK, FOR: HIM
In the real life aftermath of Trump’s immigration policies, Melbourne has gained a rising star of cabaret, musical theatre and performance in Melissa David.
SEANNA VAN HELTEN: FALLEN IS A PLAY ABOUT THE SILENCING OF WOMEN
Seanna van Helten and Penny Harpham started She Said Theatre because they couldn’t see any clear pathways to make the type of work they wanted to create. Now their new show, Fallen, a powerful new work about fallen women finding a new life on the other side of the world, opens at fortyfivedownstairs this week, following a highly successful premiere season in Sydney. I spoke to van Helten about creating the company and this work, how it has been impacted by the #MeToo movement, and how she sees women in theatre.
REVIEW: THE BOY FROM OZ
There is no more fitting a celebration for a triple 20 year anniversary: for the show The Boy From Oz, for The Production Company and for Rohan Browne’s professional debut. The 2018 season of The Boy From Oz is everything: cheeky, heartfelt, endlessly energetic, and a serious force to be reckoned with – the show is near flawless and tickets should be snatched up immediately.
NEW DIRECTION FOR BOY FROM OZ
Rio comes to Melbourne with The Boy from Oz opening this week! Director Jason Langley is no stranger to The Production Company or to the show; this is his third TPC show (having previously worked on Brigadoon and Dusty). We spoke about his vision for the show, and how his friendship with Nick Enright has influenced him in working on the show.