
If you are still wondering why these end days of the year are called the silly season, get a festive fresher at the Old Fitz with their Christmas panto, Babes In The Woods.

Nowhere else will a child be asked up on stage to burp on queue or fling Velcro baubles at two grown men dressed as grinning Christmas trees.

Children have always loved the tradition of the Christmas themed ballet The Nutcracker, understandably: there’s magic, a toy soldier that comes alive, a Sugar Plum Fairy and a Kingdom of Sweets.

Boylesque spectacular Briefs is in town and heating up the Melboune Arts Centre. A favourite of the festival touring circuit in Australia and recently having made waves in Europe, the show is a grab bag of athletic circus, steamy strip-tease and OTT drag.

Of the audience gathered for tonight’s performance of Matthew Whittet’s Girl Asleep, the majority found it uproariously amusing. This reviewer, rightly or wrongly, was not counted among that majority’s number.

Porter & Piaf takes a compassionate look into the life, loves and music of both Edith Piaf and Cole Porter.

It’s hard to think of a better place to be on a hot stormy night in Brisbane than inside a cool, dark theatre listening to top-notch music.