Whats The Show – Show Reviews of all kinds from around the nation.
Perth Comedy Festival: Daniel Muggleton – You May Be White, I May Be Crazy
Daniel Muggleton is no stranger to comedy. Having been in the business for more than 10 years, his observational comedic style was a hit with the audience …
Ocean: With David Attenborough
UNMISSABLE. That was the first word shouting out loudly in my head when thinking about how I would tell people what I thought of ‘OCEAN with DAVID ATTENBOR…
Storked: The Reality Of My Body Is Monstrous
“The reality of my body is monstrous”
Storked is a vingetted interrogation of all things uterine; what it means to have a uterus, the expectations of ha…
Unwined Perth: Indulgent Unravelling
As I entered the venue for “Unwined Perth” at Supreme Court Gardens I was welcomed by enthusiastic ticket checkers with charming offers of free wine glasse…
Betrayal: Chapel Off Chapel
For those familiar with Harold Pinter’s plays, you will know the spitfire dialogue his work is famous for and Betrayal does not disappoint. The story centr…
Heaven: The Longing Beneath The Surface
Written by Eugene O’Brien | Directed by Kate Gaul | Presented by Bitchin Wolf at The Loading Dock Theatre, Qtopia Sydney
Two spotlights. One long wooden…
Perth Comedy Festival: Rohan Arneil – The Never-Ending Smoko
Sydney based comedian Rohan Arneil was in town for the Perth Comedy Festival performing upstairs at the Chorus Room of the Regal Theatre.
With the entr…
The Drowsy Chaperone: Presented by UON Musos
The Drowsy Chaperone presented by UON MUSOS at the Civic Theatre Playhouse Newcastle “does what it’s supposed to do and takes you to another world.” The …
Perth Comedy Festival:- Kieran Hodgson – Sounds American
Applauded for his culinary acting adventures as the “Sandwich Guy” in The Flash (2023), Kieran Hodgson is on a quest to make America great again. Failing t…
Grand Horizons: Amusingly Confronting Life’s Uncomfortable Truths
Grand Horizons is a poignant, riotously funny portrayal of a family in crisis, after matriarch Nancy (Linda Morgan) reveals she wants to divorce Bill (Eddi…
Alice By Heart: Limelight Theatre
Originally presented at London’s National Theatre in 2012, Alice By Heart is an incredibly ambitious musical for Limelight Theatre to take on but unsurpris…
Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall
Arts Theatre Cronulla’s production of Mark Kilmurry and Jamie Oxenbould’s ‘Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall’ is a delight. Susan Turner has directed a ti…
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St Judes Players Presents: A Hard God
The St Judes Players give a very honest and touching performance of Peter Kenna’s ‘A Hard God’.
Set in the 1940s the play meanders through the lives of…
Falling into Place: British Film Festival
Set against the stark backdrop of a bleak Scottish winter, “Falling into Place” invites viewers into a world where two lost souls briefly collide in a bar,…
Little Theatre Presents: The 39 Steps
Director Mark Wickett with the The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild definitely had the audience roaring with laughter. Written as a spy thriller by Joh…
Hangmen
The turned-wood set of the bar is visible to the audience before the show begins, with ashtrays, partially drunk pints of beer, and a vase of silk flowers …
Film Review: Weekend In Taipei
From the visionary creator of The Fifth Element, Luc Besson, comes the exhilarating action film Weekend in Taipei.
You don’t have to wait for long befor…
Commandante: Nice Cinematography
The opening of Comandante felt like a perfume ad for one of the big Italian fashion houses; a Dolce & Gabbana or Prada. A young woman in 1940’s dress, loo…
The Milky Way Film Review
The Milky Way, the creation of multi-talented Israeli director, writer and editor Maya Kenig is a thought-provoking story with a hint of dystopia surroundi…
Diane Warren Relentless: Eccentric Honest and Real
“Diane Warren: Relentless” is a documentary that portrays the making of one of the world’s most successful songwriters. A Golden Globe, Oscar and Grammy wi…
All About the Levkoviches Film Review
All About the Levkoviches is about love, inclusion, and the need to be accepted especially by your family.
It tells the story of a well-meaning but tena…
Fuhrer and Seducer Film Review
‘Fake news’ is a term we are all too familiar with. However, it was not invented by one of the candidates in the current USA elections. Joseph Goebbels, th…
Welcome to Yiddishland: Reviving A Dying Language
Ros Horin’s Welcome to Yiddishland is a charming and lighthearted exploration of modern art and the Yiddish language. We are introduced to a host of chara…
Kid Sister Film Review
Kid Sister: What a masterfully funny and refreshing television series.
Created and written by Simone Nathan, who also brilliantly portrayed the lead ro…
Commandante: Nice Cinematography
The opening of Comandante felt like a perfume ad for one of the big Italian fashion houses; a Dolce & Gabbana or Prada. A young woman in 1940’s dress, loo…
The Milky Way Film Review
The Milky Way, the creation of multi-talented Israeli director, writer and editor Maya Kenig is a thought-provoking story with a hint of dystopia surroundi…
Diane Warren Relentless: Eccentric Honest and Real
“Diane Warren: Relentless” is a documentary that portrays the making of one of the world’s most successful songwriters. A Golden Globe, Oscar and Grammy wi…
All About the Levkoviches Film Review
All About the Levkoviches is about love, inclusion, and the need to be accepted especially by your family.
It tells the story of a well-meaning but tena…
Fuhrer and Seducer Film Review
‘Fake news’ is a term we are all too familiar with. However, it was not invented by one of the candidates in the current USA elections. Joseph Goebbels, th…
Welcome to Yiddishland: Reviving A Dying Language
Ros Horin’s Welcome to Yiddishland is a charming and lighthearted exploration of modern art and the Yiddish language. We are introduced to a host of chara…
Kid Sister Film Review
Kid Sister: What a masterfully funny and refreshing television series.
Created and written by Simone Nathan, who also brilliantly portrayed the lead ro…
There’s Still Tomorrow Film Review
Let me set the scene for you.
Italy, post WWII. We are being introduced into what one assumes to be another black and white a run of the mill black and…
Maria Montessori Film Review
Léa Todorov’s directorial debut feature film ‘Maria Montessori’ offers a biopic of the Italian doctor’s journey in revolutionising children’s pedagogy. Mar…
The Beautiful Summer
Adapted from Cesare Pavese’s 1949 novel, ‘The Beautiful Summer’ written and directed by Laura Luchetti offers an evocative portrayal of self-discovery, lon…
Redcliffe Musical Theatre Presents The Lovely Bones
Redcliffe Musical Theatre’s interpretation of “The Lovely Bones” is a spellbinding, tragic tale of the Salmon family as they navigate the grief and the inv…
Lord Of The Flies: Presented by the Gold Coast Little Theatre
Due to budget cuts or in an effort to shield the students from the harrows of castaway life, my school decided to remove Lord of the Flies from the English…
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Maori Mini Film Festival: Walking Between Worlds
It was a real pleasure to review this soulful short film by Ngā Aho Whakaari as part of the Maori Short Film Festival and not just because it’s so impressi…
Indian Film Festival: My Melbourne
My Melbourne aahhh I love that city; it is vibrant, alive and pulsing with stories. Joyfully that is what the film’ My Melbourne’ also presents to the audi…
Spit: An Australian Sequel
If you thought running in heels was tough, imagine running in a pair of thongs…while trying to outrun border security…on a moving baggage carousel. No need…
Maori Mini Film Festival: Telesia 2 The World
It’s easy to look at a film made by a recent high school graduate, raised either looking down the barrel of a phone camera or haphazardly pointing it at ot…
Fresno: The Musical
Let’s cut to the chase. If you like musical theatre, this is a must-see. It’s fun, it’s well-paced and it’s imbued with the kind of effortless charm that y…
MELANCHOLIA – Premiere connects Tap Dancing & Contemporary
‘Melancholia is the premiere work of Melbourne’s own contemporary tap dance company, Studio Stocks. Founded by acclaimed tap dance artist Garry Stocks, Stu…
The Butcher, The Baker’ Serves Up Role-Shifting Revelry
From the opening notes, The Butcher, The Baker immediately transports you into a world reminiscent of 1930s European cabaret—glamorous, provocative, and de…
Egg, Chips, and a Side of Self-Discovery
As someone who adored the original Shirley Valentine film starring Pauline Collins, is skeptical of ex-Neighbours actors/pop stars making the leap to serio…
Barking Up the Right Tree
The Motley Bauhaus is a tiny theatre at the back of a large pub in Carlton. It’s intimate nature lends itself to powerful storytelling and heartfelt perfor…
F5 – Presented by UNLID Dance Theatre
Certainly a different type of show when you walk into the alley laneway next to the Arnold Street Studio to see a performance by three ultra-talented dance…
Hot White Kiss
Written and directed by James WF Roberts, Hot White Kiss is an hour-long play focusing on five individuals, all sporadically linked through polyamorous & b…
Tongue in Cheeks
Whatever I thought I was expecting from the show, ‘A Body At Work, the tale of a queer woman’s 17 years, and counting, in the sex industry,’ I was not expe…
Vegas In Concert: The Anthems Of Childhood.
Vegas in Concert at the Astor Theatre promised an unforgettable journey through the decades of iconic performances for the seasoned Vegas veteran or those …
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Stirling Players return for their final production of 2024, The Drowsy Chaperone, and they’re certainly going out with a bang.
One thing you can cou…
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
If you ask anyone about their top childhood books, C S Lewis’ – The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe will often be cited as a nostalgic favourite across th…
Othello: Presented by The Actors Hub
Taking on any play of William Shakespeare is no easy feat especially in theatre where actors are required to memorise heavy and complicated dialogue. Amand…
Puss In Boots
With Christmas just around the corner, there is nothing like seeing a pantomime at this time of year and Limelight theatre production of Puss in Boots will…
Crimson Gully
Powerful and engrossing, Crimson Gully is the brilliantly written play by Sreekanth Gopalakrishnan.
Set in the 1990s, the story centres on a brothel wi…
Spectre In Concert
Classical music can be a polarising genre; but for those who say they don’t like classical, what about the scores that bring your favourite movies to life?…
Trick or Treat
It may have been a Thursday but according to MC Andrew Silverwood, every night is Friday the 13th at Kaleido Companies ‘Trick or Treat’. It was hard to kno…
9 to 5: The Musical
Don Russell Performing Arts Centre hosts Art in Motion Theatre company as they present 9 to 5: The Musical based on the iconic 20th Century Fox 1980s film …
Falling into Place: British Film Festival
Set against the stark backdrop of a bleak Scottish winter, “Falling into Place” invites viewers into a world where two lost souls briefly collide in a bar,…
Film Review: Weekend In Taipei
From the visionary creator of The Fifth Element, Luc Besson, comes the exhilarating action film Weekend in Taipei.
You don’t have to wait for long befor…
Commandante: Nice Cinematography
The opening of Comandante felt like a perfume ad for one of the big Italian fashion houses; a Dolce & Gabbana or Prada. A young woman in 1940’s dress, loo…
New Theatre’s Fighting: A Captivating Insight
What’s involved in one single day, in the life of you?
Do you wake up, have an ordinary and satisfying day at work, return home and feel contented with…
It’s Only A Play – Pymble Players arrive at The Zenith Theatre
It’s evening in a New York townhouse. Plush pillows adorn the bed and the white colour pallete of the room’s furniture portray understated luxury. Jazz pla…
Every Note Speaks What Words Can’t
What is it about a love song? It awakens something in us we can’t put into words. Love is the ultimate subject—it defines us, moves us, and makes us count….
Iphigenia in Splott: Theatre Review
The Old Fitz is a small and intimate theatre in the basement of the charming Old Fitzroy Hotel in Woolloomooloo, providing the perfect setting for this pow…
Sylvia: Presented By Hunters Hill Theatre
The performances of all four actors in the cast are a real strength of Hunters Hill Theatre’s really enjoyable production of A.R. Gurney’s ‘Sylvia’, with e…
Witches, Daggers, And Dark Ambition: Macbeth Takes The Stage
Director John Grinston delivers a compelling interpretation of Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy, Macbeth, which follows the dark and ambitious rise of a Scot…
Gold, Gods, and Glory: Discovering the Inca Empire at the Australian
Stepping into the Australian Museum’s Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru exhibition feels like crossing a threshold into another time—one brimming…
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Ray Lawler’s play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a cornerstone of Australian theatre. Directed by Tom Richards, the Arts Theatre Cronulla cast put their…
The Children’s Hour
What damage can one lie do?
Can it ruin lives? Destroy relationships? Tear apart businesses? Or even cause death?
In The Children’s Hour, one girls l…
Improbable Fiction: A Comedic Delight
There’s something specifically delightful about a farce with a lot of heart. Castle Hill Player’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s ’Improbable Fiction’ has a…
Between Past and Present: A Slow-Burn to Nowhere
If procrastination were an art form, the Prozorov sisters would be its masters. Their existential crisis is a painful blend of paralysing indecision and br…
A Riveting Journey of Power, Pride, and Consequences
With its first twist, An Inspector Calls locks the audience into an intriguing labyrinth where the seven sins are put on trial and the reckoning begins. Pl…
