Melbourne Reviews

Details: Laurel Green; 04 February 2010

Dispatch is arresting puppet theatre for thoughtful adults and youngsters alike.

Details: Danu Poyner; 30 January 2010

The Beach Boys, or rather The Beach Boy (Mike Love, who owns the name) and friends, have been touring for over four decades and perform around 150 shows a year. For three nights with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Love and co. get together and do it again.

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 24 January 2010

The Drowsy Chaperone, certainly announces itself as some kind of rare and remarkable event. It isn’t, merely a skilled and amusing re-working of some very old conventions.

Details: Danu Poyner; 24 January 2010

Writer/performer Mark Wilson throws everything into the pot for a whirlwind 50-minute montage that demonstrates why, even after 400 years, Marlowe's mystique still manages To Keep Men In Awe.

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 17 January 2010

Mikelangelo, the cabaret artist best known for his work with the Black Sea Gentleman, presented, with his partner St.Clare, an interesting program of original songs at the Butterfly Club in mid January.

Details: Olympia Bowman-Derrick; 15 January 2010

A Midsummer Night's Dream | Australian Shakespeare Company

For its 21^st season performing under the stars at the Botanical gardens, The Australian Shakespeare Company invites us to enter a world of magical mayhem.

Details: Carol Middleton; 17 December 2009

It was an intimate affair, or as intimate as the venue, the Hamer Hall, would allow. Barry Humphries was back on home ground after two nights at the Opera House in ‘provincial’ Sydney.

Details: Bron Batten; 15 December 2009

Air Supply with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

If you were wondering where your Mum was last night, chances are she was probably at Hamer Hall, watching one of Australia’s most famous bands.

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