Melbourne Reviews

Details: Michael Finn; 22 July 2008

Wicked is a theme park ride of a mega-musical that weaves us through an exhilarating and heart rending journey.

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 21 July 2008

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s program Toward the Light presents three varied and interesting works, Richard Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel, Saint-Saens’ Second Piano Concerto, and Symphony no 5 by Carl Nielsen

Details: Lola MacMillan; 20 July 2008

Blackbird, written by David Harrower and directed by Peter Evans, crashes on to the stage, full of tense energy and is a feat of acting brilliance from beginning to end.

Details: Melita Pereira; 18 July 2008

The Inhabited Man | Rear Windows Ensemble

The Inhabited Man is a play about the “heady brew” of memories, struggles and turmoils which inhabit most men.

Details: Nikki Thomas; 18 July 2008

Enter the realm of Yana Alana. A self assured, righteous, demurely dressed, potty-mouthed feminist. And one thinks that is only the beginning.

Details: Bron Batten; 18 July 2008

Directed by Adriano Cortese and written by Raimondo Cortese, Ranters Theatre's Holiday occurs in an uneasy space, where the expectation for respite and relaxation is at odds with a somewhat tense reality.

Details: Penelope Broadbent; 18 July 2008

Maria remembers her father as a magician, who produced her glasses from the bottom of the sea. Her older sister Anne remembers their father as a drunk.

Details: Michael Finn; 18 July 2008

Never in The Production Company history has there been such a star-studded lineup as with Follies.

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