Melbourne Reviews

Details: Val McFarlane; 03 October 2012

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How to Get Rich is a highly entertaining tale of hope, and what happens when you take a chance.

Details: Jane Canaway; 03 October 2012

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It's not just brilliant juggling, acrobatics, strength, balance and slap stick stuff that makes this a great show - it's the brains behind the brawn.

Details: Danu Poyner; 29 September 2012

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Scissor Sisters are a band that is at their best live, where their musical skill is superb and their songs are embellished by relaxed but tightly choreographed performance. Bold, brash and confidently sexual, the Sisters are always a welcome visitor to Melbourne.

Details: Val McFarlane; 29 September 2012

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The show will confirm your worst fears about the dark side of TV current affairs, and perhaps change your viewing habits forever. But it'll be worth it - go.

Details: Nikki Spunde; 29 September 2012

The only consistent element is dissonance. Happiness is aggressive, sexuality is grotesque, pleasure is tainted and pain revelationary.

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Details: Gordana Andjelic-Davila; 28 September 2012

How accordionists became part of the apocalypse may ravage one's mind if too much thought is applied to the idea. Alas, accordionists are indeed the key element to this show, and seem as though they were always intended to be part of the tale. The Four Accordionists of the Apocalypse is an unusual and very funny play, poking fun at the end of the world through Norse Mythology one accordion note at a time; it is well worth catching.

Details: Jane Canaway; 28 September 2012

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Everything about Fat Swan - from the dance steps, through the characters, the one-liners and double entendres, to the essential parody of a certain block-buster movie - is in-your-face, colourful and, well, larger than life. After a sell-out season earlier this year at the Spiegeltent and the marketing blurb warning that the adults-only panto is camp, even crass, it's fair to say that the audience comes prepared.

Details: Danu Poyner; 27 September 2012

Combining flawless brass performance with physical comedy and absurdist theatre, there's nothing quite like Austrian ensemble Mnozil Brass. Their show Blofeld expertly combines sophistication, irreverence and a slightly dark and twisted worldview. Small wonder they've been called the 'Monty Python' of brass.