Whats The Show – Show Reviews of all kinds from around the nation.
Light Up The Stage Musical Review
NOW Productions continue to demonstrate their commitment in developing the next generation of theatre stars—both on stage and behind the scenes! This time,…
Adelaide Fringe Festival: Holden Street Theatre Collection
The Holden Street Theatre is in full swing hosting numerous shows in this years Adelaide Fringe(running from 21st Feb to 23rd March), and we were very priv…
Playthings: by Sun and Wine Arts Company
“Ah, high school—the land of hovering hormones, questionable life choices, and the endless pursuit of social status”.
Brisbane based Sun and Wine Arts Com…
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…
Two Churchill Plays: Presented by Melville Theatre Company
Churchill Review – trigger warning: mentions of suicide
Melville Theatre has brought two thought-provoking performances to the stage in their latest dou…
Ruby Moon
Ruby Moon is a contemporary Australian play that explores the grim mythology of the missing child in Australian folklore. The play explores the shift towar…
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…
Javeenbah Theatre Presents: The Man Who Doesn’t Like Musicals
The Woman who loves musicals found herself kicking off 2025 with Javeerbah’s production of “The Man Who Doesn’t Like Musicals.” I didn’t know what to expec…
Tea Tree Players Presents Shirley Valentine
Under the direction of Robert Andrews, Shirley Valentine took centre stage at Tea Tree Players in a truly triumphant fashion. This beloved and enduring cla…
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…
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Cork Pops into the Spanish Film Festival
The Spanish Film Festival is back this June and July and celebrating it’s 25th year! Presented by Palace, the film festival is accessible online, or in person, in major cities Adelaide, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. There are plentiful films to choose from with helpful category groupings such as ‘New Spanish Cinema’, ‘Spotlight on Argentina’, ‘Focus on Female Filmmakers’ and more. I had the pleasure of viewing ‘Cork’ (‘Suro’), a Drama/Thriller feature film debut from Director Mikel Gurrea, that is creating a lot of excitement in its New Spanish Cinema category. It has already won a slew…
Celebrating 25 Years of the Spanish Film Festival
The Spanish Film Festival returns and is celebrating its 25th year! This time, the festival will be heading to Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Byron Bay, bringing with it a selection of films from across Spanish-speaking cultures. With subdivisions of New Spanish Cinema and Cine Latino and a range of genres available, there will be something for everyone in the festival program this year. The preview film for the 2023 Spanish Film Festival was Alberto Rodriguez’s Prison 77 (In Spanish, Modelo 77). Prison 77 is a prison drama film set in the late 70s that follows the fictional…
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Thinner Than Water
‘Thinner Than Water’ written by Melissa Ross and directed by Tim Williams, offers a nuanced depiction of a divided family brought together at a time of los…
Piper: By Frenzy Theatre
Seeing the opening night performance of PIPER presented by Frenzy Theatre Co and Theatreworks has renewed my faith in live theatre as a place of exuberance…
The Bridges of Madison County
Many in the audience will be familiar with the highly successful film, based on the book, starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, but here we are now sit…
Six The Musical
Step into the royal extravaganza as SIX the Musical arrives in Melbourne, igniting electrifying emotions with its daring and empowering reimagining of hist…
La Rondine (The Swallow)
The Victorian Opera’s production of “La Rondine” (“The Swallow”), written by Giacomo Puccini, was an incredible experience. This production featured the re…
Show Review: Melbourne International Elvis Festival 2024
The 2024 Melbourne International Elvis Festival staged at the National Theatre in St Kilda offers a 3-hour-long time capsule, transporting Elvis fans back …
Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre – Romeo & Julie
Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre’s Romeo & Julie is a captivating and raw modern tale of young love. Loosely inspired by the star-crossed lovers of William Shake…
Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes – Most Innocent Victims Of War
Set about 10 years after the atomic bombing ended World War II. The synopsis of a Japanese teenage street-child named Kyushu admitted to hospital with unkn…
Sam King – Tricks & Stuff – A Close Up Magic Experience
“I am Bubble.”
This single line by Sam King perfectly sums up ‘Tricks & Stuff,’ his funny yet strangely absurd close up magic show. Delivered in a smal…
Macbeth (An Undoing)
It seems to be a trend of late to take well-known stories and shift the narrative to one of the other characters in that world or perhaps take fragments un…
Cirque Bon Bon
Cirque Bon Bon made its grand debut at the Atheneum Theatre in Melbourne last night, leaving the audiences delighted by their experience. This extraordinar…
Film Review: Mr Blake At Your Service!
2023 French comedy-drama directed by de Gilles Legardinier in his directorial debut, Mr. Blake At Your Service! stars John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant, Émilie …
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Sunset Strip: The Bonds of Family and Forgiveness
Award winning playwright Suzie Miller (Prima Facie, Sold, Cross Sections, Reasonable Doubt) doesn’t shy away from writing about the painful parts of life. …
Film Review: Mr Blake At Your Service!
2023 French comedy-drama directed by de Gilles Legardinier in his directorial debut, Mr. Blake At Your Service! stars John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant, Émilie …
Duck Pond: Acrobatics Meet Avian Antics!
Pirouettes, waddles, and aerial feats – bodies defying gravity and whimsy taking flight. Circa Contemporary Circus presents ‘Duck Pond’, a fusion of fairy…
Once Upon a Grimm Night: Interactive Theatre
An interactive theatre experience is not a seated and static theatre show. Nor is it one where you are pulled onto stage to become a part of the show, like…
Diana McLaren is Defective
Wollongong Comedy Festival’s ‘Diana McLaren is Defective’ was a cozy affair in Wollongong’s Side Door Theatre. A hidden paradise for up-and-coming artists,…
Hay Fever: 100 Years Of Fun
It’s been 100 years since Noël Coward wrote his absurd comedy Hay Fever and it’s played in theatres around the world ever since. Told in three acts, it fol…
Good Food and Wine at the Sydney Good Food & Wine Show
There are three recommendations I’d give for attending the Good Food and Wine Show. One – bring a trolley. Not a shopping cart trolley, just a stand up two…
Sydney Film Festival – Aquarius
If you live in Australia then it’s likely you’ve heard of Nimbin, famous for peace, love, and hippies. But it wasn’t always that way. In 1973, a group is u…
Spanish Film Festival: A Ravaging Wind
‘A Ravaging Wind’ is the story of a young girl, Leni, who travels with her preacher father, Reverend Pearson, around towns in rural Argentina…
The Promised Land Film Review
The inimitable Mads Mikkelsen heads the cast of this epic drama, set in 18th Century Jutland, Denmark. The main narrative revolves around one Captain Ludvi…
Highway of Lost Hearts: Heart, Soul, and the Open Road.
‘Highway of Lost Hearts’. What a beautiful title for a beautiful play. A captivating blend of gritty road trip realism and magical storytelling that explor…
Sydney Film Festival – The Outrun
According to Orkney Island folklore, when people drown in the sea they get turned into seals. These creatures, called Selkies, secretly come back to land a…
