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Author badges: 🏆 Most Prolific Reviewer of All Time (80 reviews), 💎 Platinum Reviewer (80 reviews), 🔥 Hot Streak (3 reviews in the last 30 days), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (43 qualifying reviews), 🎶 Musical Maestro (10 qualifying reviews), 😂 Comedy Correspondent (12 qualifying reviews)
Linda Lokhee is a dedicated primary school and special education teacher, a picture book author and published poet. She has written two children's books. Her debut book, The Sock Monster features a loveable but misunderstood purple sock monster named Ike. In The Night Noise, the main character is a very brave girl heroine named Quinn, as well as a loved furry Australian animal. Ike and Quinn are Linda's book babies! Her poetry book for adults is called Scattered Syllables. Linda loves experiencing all the different aspects of Australia's independent creative arts, and especially the visual and musical elements of live theatre. She enjoys being part of the Whats The Show reviewer team, writing reviews since July 2023. Her website is www.lindalokhee.com.
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Author badges: 🏅 Distinguished Reviewer (65 reviews), 🔥 Hot Streak (4 reviews in the last 30 days), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show)
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Author badges: 🥇 Gold Reviewer (46 reviews), 🔥 Hot Streak (3 reviews in the last 30 days), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (11 qualifying reviews), 🎶 Musical Maestro (26 qualifying reviews)
Debra Campbell is the founder of Beyond Dance - proudly supporting Beyond Blue (@dance2forblue), which has raised many thousands of dollars for mental health. Debra is passionate that the Arts in all its forms can truly help one enjoy important time for themselves.
She has lived a life of dance, theatre and visual art and believes therefore there are no ‘bad’ shows, there is ‘good’ in every show – “they are all different and will give you different experiences and feelings, so it is always worth venturing out to see one”. Returning to writing from her former years, Debra looks forward to meeting new artists and highlighting their creativity for everyone to appreciate.
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Author badges: 🚀 Prolific Reviewer (31 reviews), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (19 qualifying reviews), 🎬 Screen Critic (8 qualifying reviews)
She is a woman with a keen eye for the details that others might miss. She doesn’t just watch the show—she inhabits it. With an extensive career spanning decades in media, television, and live broadcast, her perspective is informed by experience and sharpened by the spotlight itself.
Once, she dabbled in the world of acting and theater—taking the stage and testing her own mettle in the most demanding of roles. But it’s not the curtain call that drives her anymore.
Her insight is built on years of navigating the complexities of live production, the pulse of a newsroom, and the raw energy of the stage. But don’t expect her to tell you everything. No, her reviews leave a little room for mystery—because she knows the true nature of art is that which can’t always be pinned down.
You never know, you might happen to find her sitting in the front row of your next production.
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Author badges: 🥈 Silver Reviewer (28 reviews), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (13 qualifying reviews)
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Author badges: 🥈 Silver Reviewer (25 reviews), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (16 qualifying reviews)
Paige grew up in the theatre, starting acting classes at age 6 and continuing her passion for the craft throughout high school where she attended Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts.
Paige is also a poet, with several self-published collections that can be found on Amazon and through links on her poetry Instagram account: Paige Jenkins Poetry
Alongside creative pursuits, Paige is also working towards her bachelor's degrees in Law and Journalism at the University of Wollongong, and has a passion for literature.
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Author badges: 🥈 Silver Reviewer (24 reviews), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (13 qualifying reviews)
Nicole is a lifelong lover of stories, whether they be written, drawn, told, sung, or otherwise. She has a BA in Creative Writing and Literature, and is currently working on her Master’s of Editing and Publishing.
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Author badges: 🥈 Silver Reviewer (24 reviews), 🔥 Hot Streak (3 reviews in the last 30 days), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (22 qualifying reviews), 😂 Comedy Correspondent (13 qualifying reviews)
Chantal Harrison aka Aunty Ask is a mum/singer/actor/director/writer who runs Northern Beaches Youth Theatre.
She loves all things creative and credits the arts to keeping her heart beating as the world continues to twist and turn.
She loves getting lost in a story in any of their many forms and is usually watching, creating or listening to an audiobook while she does less creative work.
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Author badges: 🥈 Silver Reviewer (24 reviews), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (11 qualifying reviews), 🎬 Screen Critic (8 qualifying reviews)
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Author badges: 🥈 Silver Reviewer (20 reviews), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (13 qualifying reviews)
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (19 reviews), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (19 qualifying reviews)
Oscar (he/him) is a playwright, producer and teacher based in Melbourne. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne's Master of Theatre (Writing) program and has had his writing developed and showcased in Gasworks Script Lab, La Mama Scratch and Script Roulette. His first show, TruScum, was presented at the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Oscar is particularly interested in works with queer themes, stylized dialogue, complex characters, and innovative depictions of technological worlds. When he's not working on his shows or writing reviews for this website, he works as an English and humanities tutor.
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (19 reviews), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (11 qualifying reviews)
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (18 reviews), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show)
Kat Skarbek is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Despite her obnoxiously precocious beginnings as a 10 year old playwright (over-confidently putting on a ghostly school play that she wrote, directed and acted in), her most recently leanings have been toward short stories with folk horror leanings and creative non-fiction. She is currently incubating an idea for a novel of historical fantasy fiction which, frankly, terrifies the bejesus out of her, so that’s got to be a good sign.
Kat likes to think of herself as a bibliophile but her husband says she can call it any fancy name she wants, it’s basically book hoarding, and where the hell is he going to find space for them all anyway?
Although she is an ‘all genres’ reading and writing type of gal, at the moment she is devouring mythological and fairy-tale retellings from such authors Natalie Haynes and Angela Carter and genuinely unnerving horror from the terrifying minds of Adam Neville and T. Kingfisher.
Aside from writing and being the mother of a brace of character-building teenagers, she spends her time as a Midlife and Mindset coach, teaching women how to make their midlife the most fulfilling and inspiring part of life so far.
Kat is very chatty in person but then feels guilty about talking too much. She is a restless nomad in love with family travel, gin, swearing and knitting, though not necessarily in that order.
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (18 reviews), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show)
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (18 reviews), 🔥 Hot Streak (3 reviews in the last 30 days), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (12 qualifying reviews)
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (17 reviews), ⚡ On Fire (10 reviews in the last 30 days), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (17 qualifying reviews), 🎪 Fringe Fanatic (8 qualifying reviews)
Nicole (she/her) is a professional copywriter, artist and fellow thespian based in Melbourne. She is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music’s BFA Musical theatre Program and has performed both here and overseas in a variety of live mediums: from musicals to plays as well as television presenting.
She last appeared as Ms. Sheinkopf in Theatrical’s 2025 production of ‘The School of Rock’ at the National Theatre, and as Bea Singer In Gold Coast Little Theatre’s 2024 production of ‘Honeymoon In Vegas’, of which Nicole was nominated for a Gold Palm award for best supporting actress in a musical. When Nicole is not out reviewing shows, you can find her happily writing or creating mosaic art from her home studio.
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (16 reviews), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (12 qualifying reviews)
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (15 reviews), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (11 qualifying reviews)
Born and bred in Perth, Carmen Jenner considers herself extremely fortunate to write for a living. She has contributed to numerous local, national and international magazines, newspapers, blogs, books and organisations in the travel, lifestyle, hospitality, real estate and arts industries.
She is the author/co-author/ghostwriter/editor of several books and runs the Fluffy Towel Travel blog (www.fluffytowel.com), for travellers who love their fluffy towels as much as their adventures.
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (15 reviews), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (11 qualifying reviews)
Annie has been a musical enthusiast since the age of 3, she recalls watching the Sound of Music in Lithuanian on her dad's lap, getting excited whenever someone said 'Maria'.
Annie lived in NYC from 2017-2020, at which time her status of musical fan escalated to musical fanatic, seeing an average of 3 shows a week, frequently including Broadway Musicals. Since then Annie has tried to remain up to date on Theatre in Melbourne, and has been delighted in her failure to see every show, there is just too much good theatre!
Annie is currently perusing a PhD (not in theatre, boo), and is excited to continue watching theatre in her spare time. Annie has been reviewing shows for several years, and is delighted to join the team at Whats the Show.
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Author badges: 🌟 Standout Reviewer (15 reviews), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show)
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (14 reviews), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show)
Actor, writer, scientist, physiotherapist, tutor, horse massage therapist (for real!); you name it, I've probably done it. Enjoy writing short film scripts and monologues (and then performing them!). Massive animal lover with current 'pet tally' quite low, at just 2 horses and a cat.
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (13 reviews)
A lifelong lover of live entertainment, I have a particular passion for dance, musicals, circus and aerials. With nearly two decades of experience as a dancer, performer, and teacher, I've been on and around the stage in countless ways. I now channel my love for writing into sharing the magic of live performance with others.
Outside of reviewing, I am many things to many people; mum, wife, CEO, photographer and marriage/funeral celebrant, making the most of life's moments both big and small.
From acrobatics to arias, if it's live, I'm there to experience and celebrate it!
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (13 reviews)
Melissa is a writer and blogger with a degree in English and a lifelong love of theatre and film.
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (12 reviews)
Amanda has been an avid theatre and film buff for many years. She has dabbled in acting and directing, in both film and theatre. She also has experience writing plays, and is director of the newly formed Mayhem Theatre Company.
She's excited to see what amazing things other creative people are doing and provide detailed reviews to help the audience understand the essence of each show.
She is an advocate for inclusivity, and also works as a photographer with her husband sometimes.
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (12 reviews), 🎭 Theatre Specialist (10 qualifying reviews)
Virginia is a stage and film actor. Currently she is involved in UpStage Theatre Qld which she founded to focus on bringing live, affordable and quality theatre to her local community.
Her past-times are supporting her many talented friends by either being in the audience of their shows or producing one for them to be involved in.
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (11 reviews), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show)
Emelia May is a Melbourne-based writer, reviewer, and certified fruitcake.
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (10 reviews)
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (10 reviews)
Author, director, performers with a combined 75+ years in theatre, story and film. Two people that have between them written books and screenplays, directed shows, coached A-list actors, created massive festivals and pyro shows.
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (10 reviews), 🦉 Veteran Reviewer (more than 2 years with What's The Show)
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (10 reviews)
Jenni won a script writing contest at 12 years old, that led to her hosting an award-winning Kid’s TV show, “What’s Happening”, and she’s loved writing ever since.
Growing up on musical theatre, Jenni proudly watched her Mum, Kate Peters, playing all the leading ladies and singing all the showstoppers. Kate now runs the Annual Gold Palm Theatre Awards, to recognise community theatre in Queensland.
A keen lover of the Arts and preferring to work behind the scenes, Jen’s had an exciting career as a Marketing and Events Manager for 30+ years, creating and managing large scale music events and PR campaigns including TRAK for Mushroom/Ace, that showcased international and national Number 1 artists and sold out shows - Georgio Moroder, The Outlawz, Brian McKnight Chris Isaak, Blondie, Iggy Azalia, Kasabian, Jimmy Barnes, Kate Ceberano, Guy Sebastian, and many other stars - as well as coordinating “The World’s Biggest Office Party” at Crown; the 2001 Australian Grand Prix Team JAGUAR dinner for the Jaguar Racing Team; the Thomas Sabo Art Deco launch; Melbourne International Film Festival functions; and Official After Parties with Black Eyed Peas, the Logies, Caroline O’Connor and many more.
Jenni now assists the Chair of Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Founder of Shannon Behaviour Change communications company, Bill Shannon, known best for his long lasting TVC campaigns and inspiring Change Narratives.
Music and theatre shows are Jen’s “happy place” so she’s thrilled to be reviewing for ‘What’s the Show.’
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Author badges: ⭐ Established Reviewer (10 reviews)
By day, Tam is a Performing Arts teacher. By night, she actively celebrates art, performance and the best baked brie.
Tam has been involved in the Melbourne theatre scene for a little over a decade in various roles both on and off stage. Some of her favourite experiences were being a keynote speaker for the Melbourne Shakespeare Society, training with Zen Zen Zo and having the privilege to collaborate with fellow Melbournian creatives.
Tam holds a Master's degree in Applied Theatre Studies, double Bachelor degrees in Education and Arts Education and has written two award-winning short plays, “Rosaline” and “Anak”. She is also a film enthusiast, an unabashed glutton and a passionate advocate for artistic expression in all its forms.
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Author badges: 🥉 Bronze Reviewer (8 reviews)
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Author badges: 🥉 Bronze Reviewer (8 reviews)
Kirsty Dale is a Sydney based writer, burlesque performer and theatre aficionado. She thrives being on the stage but equally loves witnessing the art that other people have created.
She has worked for Newcastle Writer's Festival as the 2026 Production Manager, DarkLab (MONA) as a Night Mass Artist Liaison in 2025, as well as in many hospitality venues in Newcastle, Sydney, Canberra and Paris – she believes restaurants are theatre.
When she's not in the arts world, she works in the criminal law - currently as a Judge's Associate in the District Court of NSW.
She is currently collaborating on a project to create a handbook for sexual violence survivors, incorporating her friend Ellen Riley's personal story, legal principles, and somatic healing. The book is called Making It Stop - you can follow along on instagram:
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Author badges: 🥉 Bronze Reviewer (8 reviews)
Liv is a young writer and performer in based in Naarm/Melbourne.
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Author badges: 🥉 Bronze Reviewer (8 reviews), ⚡ On Fire (6 reviews in the last 30 days), 🎪 Fringe Fanatic (5 qualifying reviews)
World travelled, lover of the arts, with not only the life experience of a thespian but also has a double doctorate in theatre and music history.
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Author badges: 🥉 Bronze Reviewer (7 reviews)
Jules is an avid fan of live music, theatre and comedy. Having a background in amateur musical theatre and vocal training, fuelled this love and creative outlets have always been a lifeline.
Writing reviews is a nice way to consolidate her viewing experience and a chance to share that perspective with a wider audience.
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Author badges: 🥉 Bronze Reviewer (6 reviews)
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Author badges: 🥉 Bronze Reviewer (5 reviews)
Alyssa Moller is a writer and filmmaker based in Naarm/Melbourne, who lives and works in Bunurong country.
With a Bachelor’s degree in Film and Television, Alyssa has written and directed two short films Lily (2023), which screened as part of the official selection in the Setting Sun Film Festival and Apart, We Grow (2024) which was a quarter-finalist at the Australian Independent Film Festival and received an Honourable Mention at the People of Passion Film Festival.
Alyssa works professionally as a producer and spends her free time creating her own works and immersing herself with film, art, music and live performance.
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Author badges: 🌱 Rising Reviewer (4 reviews)
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Bronte (any/all) is a writer, reviewer and theatre maker based in Naarm. Bronte studied their creative writing Bachelor at RMIT before completing their honours at The University of Melbourne.
After performing, directing and being occasionally pulled in to be a last-minute designer, Bronte wrote and directed her first full-length play ‘Medusa’ (2025) to a sold out run at Melbourne Fringe.
Bronte has since founded Tip Toe Theatre (@tiptoetheatre), writing and directing his debut show ‘I Thought You Said’ (2026) as part of Theatre Works’ Fresh Works program to critical acclaim. Bronte is constantly in awe of what the independent theatre scene can pull off with $5 and a dream.
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Living on this Earth for many years, Aunty Kylie has attended a glorious number of theatre, music and visual art shows. She enjoys live entertainment-the huge spectacular, the lone crooner in the corner at a school fete and everything in between.
Aunty Kylie is passionate about the creative Arts and Mental Health. Aunty Kylie works, lives and plays on Wathaurong country. Consider her your outspoken weird old Aunty letting you know what she thinks, whether you ask or not.
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Victoria Lockhart - Co-director - Founder - Tutor
Owner at SmARTy Pants Drama and a Drama & English Teacher and Pop Up Theatre Producer.
Learn Through Play the SmARTy Pants Way!
Passionate about Arts and Culture, Children's Theatre, Child Education and Humanism Victoria approaches all her teaching from the position that boosting self-esteem and self-efficacy in the learner provides the foundation for a happy and successful path to knowledge and skill growth.
Every tutor session and Drama class sees Victoria heeding the words of her business tagline; Learn Through Play the SmARTy Pants Way!Victoria continues to drive towards the collaborative goal of an abundance of Theatre and Drama studies and performance for the people of the Northern Beaches, especially for the children. From the bottom of her heart she believes that through exploration through Drama of life's many twists and turns, children are able to develop into wiser and happier adults. This is her aspiration.
Most recently Victoria collaborated in being the driving force behind the launch of Northern Beaches Youth Theatre, alongside Chantal Harrison of Aunty Ask. Launching a youth theatre on the Northern Beaches has been a long-imagined dream of hers and she is wholeheartedly grateful that it’s establishment immediately provided a safe and exciting space for youth creative expression and empowerment. Smarty Pants Drama for ages 8-12 are also able to be involved in some Northern Beaches Youth Theatre Productions which extends the ethos of both organisations beautifully.
Victoria is also currently an English Secondary school teacher in one of Sydney's international schools.
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Some 25+ years acting in Perth community theatre shows, as work commitments have allowed.
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Author of two computer books = BORING !
Spent my life in law, then not-for-profit world, then governance for Community Theatre groups, and public service land.
Performance is a passion - if it involves the lights going down and a curtain opening, count me in.
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Brenton Foale has been involved in theatre, film and television since the mid 1980s.
In 1987 Foale ran Waverly Youth Drama Group in Melbourne, directing and producing many of their productions while also teaching drama to young actors, and also appeared often on the long running television soap opera "Neighbours" until 1990.
He has also appeared in movies such as "The Legend of Ben Hall", "Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla" and the tele movie "The Four Minute Mile" to name a few.
In 2017 Foale formed Freemantle Performing Artists, a community theatre company in Perth, Western Australia, where he has directed and produced such productions as "The Breakfast Club", "Dracula", "The Outsiders" and "Wait Until Dark" to name a few.
He was also a founding presenter on IPL Radio in Rockingham, where his show 'That's Entertainment' featured interviews with local directors and actors, as well as celebrities from all around Australia.
Foale is also a playwright and screenwriter, and filmmaker
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An actor that also reviews. Some say it can't be done, I say "bah humbug!". Plenty of thoughts, need places to put them!
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