Whats The Show – Show Reviews of all kinds from around the nation.
Colin Ebsworth – Me, My Cult & I: Bold Storytelling
Colin Ebsworth’s show at the Melbourne Fringe Festival was held at the Trades Hall, the festival’s bustling hub. The show, titled Colin Ebsworth – Me, My C…
Jane Eyre: Brings The House Down
Jane Eyre brings the house down
Genesian Theatre is going out with a bang with this endearing production of Jane Eyre. Like its titular character, the s…
Family Fun and Wonder: Michael Boyd’s Magical Spectacle
Mystique: where magic meets emotion, and the impossible becomes an unforgettable reality. In a dazzling display of sleight of hand and showmanship, Michael…
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…
Beowulf: Reforged – A Mastery of Spoken Fantasy
Have you ever yearned for a trip back in time to old fireside chats with the town bard? Perhaps with some mulled wine in hand and the outside world left fo…
KINDER Surprises: Where Drag Show Meets Storytime
‘The library is open. So sit down, be quiet, and listen up.’
Just around the corner from Melbourne’s Fringe hotspot, Trades Hall, producer and actor Rya…
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…
Kiss Me Kate: Presented by The Gilbert and Sullivan Society
The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of WA return for their second major production of 2024; straying from the traditional G&S their name suggests, presenting …
Karma Kafe: A Big Hearted Show
Karma Cafe is a new indie musical set in Newcastle, but it could be any town in Australia that faces the barrage of constant change and development. Writte…
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…
Poe Dreams of Madness
Decked out with skeletons, skulls and all décor dark and spooky, the moment theatre goers stepped into the Garrick Theatre, they were transported into a go…
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Kaboom! A Cracking Science Show for Kids
Kaboom! Do you like ice cream? What about your air conditioning? I’ll bet you especially enjoy not having Polio, don’t you?
If you think science is a boring sub…
Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA
Last week, Cirque du Soleil opened their magnificent show LUZIA in the heart of the Flemington Racecourse.
The sight of the big top triggered memories…
Melbourne Comedy Festival – Necrophilia
Don’t be fooled by this deliciously named one-act play “Necrophilia” by Aussie writer Lincoln Vickery. This tightly written dark comedy, directed by Ben As…
Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit
So, you want to visit a quaint little post-war English town called Murder Village? It’s open to you and 75 other tourists for an hour every night except Mo…
OZ Acts As You Like it
OZActs’ rendition of William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” at the Williamstown Botanic Gardens provided an accessible and high-quality theatrical experien…
Comedy Roulette – Take The Gamble
Down one of Melbourne’s scenic laneways on a mellow Wednesday night in Theory bar, Comedy Roulette was about to begin. Hanging plants and disco balls adorn…
The King’s Singers
The King’s Singers (KS) is a classical music supergroup with two Grammys and one Emmy that performs over 100 concerts per season all over the world. If you…
French Film Festival – The Book Of Solutions
The Book of Solutions is a quirky, sometimes funny, sometimes confusing comedy-drama from writer-director Michel Gondry, who is best known outside of Franc…
A Fish Is A Terrible Friend
Phoebe Anne Taylor heard the words she wrote in her play A Fish Is a Terrible Friend spoken out loud for the first time in three years and was terrified. W…
French Film Festival: The Edge Of The Blade
Ooh la la—it’s time for the 35th Annual French Film Festival. This year’s festival runs from 5 March to early to mid-April, depending on where you live. So…
Cabaret De Paris
Seven Moulin Rouge trained showgirls in sparkly sequinned skimpy bikini outfits, balanced by feather headdresses and boas and in impossibly high heels acce…
Riders – Europa Festival Film Review
The Europa Film Festival is in full swing in Melbourne and Sydney, offering me the perfect opportunity to review the Australian Premiere of Slovenia’s Riders.
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A Playful Parody – Potted Potter Returns to The Seymour Centre
What began as a skit in 2005 to entertain people lining up to buy Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in a London bookstore has become Potted Potter…
Wild Dogs Under My Skirt
Tusiata Avia’s Wild Dogs Under My Skirt has made its way across the ditch from New Zealand to the Illawarra. Adapted from Avia’s poetry collection of the s…
RBG: Of Many, One
‘RBG; Of Many, One’, a play by Suzie Miller, has made its way to Wollongong. Originally a Sydney Theatre Company production, ‘RBG’ saw a sold-out opening n…
Circus of Illusion Comes to The State Theatre
The Circus of Illusion show has entertained audiences all around Australia for years. Produced, directed, and featuring acclaimed Australia’s Got Talent fi…
Atlantis
In the opening scene of Lally Katz’s semi-autobiographical play Atlantis, Lally confides in her boyfriend at the time, Dave, about an important dream she h…
Briefs: Dirty Laundry – A Sparkling Show of Fun and Freedom
Briefs: Dirty Laundry is a dazzling delight that bursts with energy and excitement. Set in a laundromat, this production challenges conventional notions of…
Boeing Boeing – A Fun Ride On An Old Classic
As the lights dimmed and the last few people made their way to their seats for Boeing Boeing, I turned to my friend and said they should play the message tone…
French Film Festival: The Edge Of The Blade
Ooh la la—it’s time for the 35th Annual French Film Festival. This year’s festival runs from 5 March to early to mid-April, depending on where you live. So…
Carlotta: The Party’s Over
Carlotta – The Party Is Far From Over. Part of the lure of seeing an entertainer, the self-proclaimed and well-earned title that is the ‘Aussie living le…
Riders – Europa Festival Film Review
The Europa Film Festival is in full swing in Melbourne and Sydney, offering me the perfect opportunity to review the Australian Premiere of Slovenia’s Riders.
Send For Nellie
The opening night of ‘Send For Nellie’ is a bright and deeply captivating performance celebrating and commemorating the life of Sydney’s own cross-dressing…
Shaken and Stirred – An Evening With James Bond
When listening to some movie soundtracks, certain iconic notes link that song to a movie and are immediately recognisable, similar to lines recited where…
