Whats The Show – Show Reviews of all kinds from around the nation.
A Journey to Little Happiness: A New Musical
The title says it all. This show from Taiwan is a lot of fun. The 5 cast members bring this new show to life on stage. It was fitting on International Wome…
AVENUE Q – hold on to your puppets!
Avenue Q – Hmmm …?? Ummm…?? Grab your…. Ahhh…
Lots of prior guessing what this show would give to an 18+ adults-only with ‘puppets behaving badly’ …. …
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…
About The Production – Cancer and Cartwheels
Today, we chatted with Dr Jo Prendergast for an About The Production chat about her show, Cancer and Cartwheels….
Opening Night Review: After Dinner
It’s Friday night at the pub. The stage is set as five lost souls, and a distracted waiter, embark on a quest. On the surface, they appear to have differen…
End Game: A Thought-Provoking Theatre Journey
Katie Reddin-Clancy’s Australian premiere of End Game is a bold and original dramedy that seamlessly blends theatre, comedy, and philosophical musings into…
MARVELous Maniacal Mayhem
MARVELous at the Adelaide Festival Fringe is an ambitious, high energy, and BIG production that showcases the incredible talents of a remarkably athletic t…
The importance of being fruit
Well, this an interesting, fun show. Comedy clowning at its best. Rollicking , frolicking comedy about fruit and it position in society and its relevance …
Mel McGlensey’s Motorboat: A Hilarious High-Seas Adventure
If you’re in the mood for a wildly absurd, delightfully unhinged, and incredibly physical comedy experience, then Mel McGlensey is Motorboat is your perfec…
Trawled
A one-man biography of an adventure that went sour. Eion Ryan presents this version of survival on the high seas.
This is his story as a backpacker in A…
Robin Hood: A New Family Musical
If you turn the corner in Malvern’s Central Park in the late morning, you’re greeted by winding ropes cordoning off islands to seat picnic blankets or chai…
Bec Pynor’s Someone Else’s Story: A Mesmerising Musical Journey
One of the great strengths of the Fringe is the sheer variety of venues, ensuring a stage for all manner of performances.
Bec Pynor’s Someone Else’s St…
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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 …
English Eccentrics: An Opera
Eccentricism is by definition, “an unusual or odd behavior on the part of an individual”. The Victorian Opera offers a memorable exposé of 19th-century cha…
Finesse: An Australian First
Whilst always being required of course for Salsa and Latin dance classes, ‘heels’ have rarely been seen in a regular dance school until very recently. Now …
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Children Are Stinky: Fart-tastic Circus Fun For All Ages
Are children really stinky? How many ‘bot bot’ jokes can you fit into a 45 minute show? And who enjoyed this jam packed, super fun extravaganza more? The a…
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…
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…
