Melbourne Reviews

Details: Vito Mattarelli; 06 February 2012

The show is very much alive, with some amazing, athletic choreography and some truly touching, and often funny moments.

Details: Carol Middleton; 04 February 2012

The TV series ‘Yes Minister’ and ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ of the 1980s have now been revived in a stage version Yes, Prime Minister, which opened in London in 2010 and has finally washed up on our shores.

Details: Vito Mattarelli; 29 January 2012

SHooSH! Productions first produced Pageant over ten years ago, and have decided to revive the production, with mixed results.

Details: Carol Middleton; 29 January 2012

Gertrude Stein’s plays are rarely performed, no doubt because they are challenging, not so much for the performer as for the audience.

Details: Eleanor Howlett; 24 January 2012

Crack a Fat Circus | Women's Circus and Circus Oz

The show is colourful and fun, and offers audiences an array of performances with something to suit all tastes.

Details: Vito Mattarelli; 20 January 2012

Since premiering at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, this tongue-in-cheek homage to a dubious pop princess has already enjoyed several successful seasons in various cities.

Details: Vito Mattarelli; 20 January 2012

In Vogue is a clever take on both the songstress and the songs, and works remarkably well.

Details: Vito Mattarelli; 18 January 2012

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Melbourne Theatre Company

The Doll is a wonderful piece of theatre, that isn't really about a moment in our past, but about the search for love and the disappointments, denial and heartbreak that can come to those who refuse to see the realities of the world around them.

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