
Playing to a capacity, mainly baby-boomer crowd, Jones was backed by a cracking band led by Sydney pianist Matt McMahon and featuring the cream of Melbourne jazz players.

The quartet possesses a magnetic, compressed intensity; wrapping the huge auditorium of Hamer Hall in the vibe of an intimate nightclub.

This cabaret entertainment starts quietly enough, well alright it’s a touch ‘schoolish’ but only for a minute or two, while narrator David Cosma introduces a slice of popular music’s history, a mid-twentieth century’s seminal moment.

“I'm his father, and he's my son, and if there's something bigger than that I'll put a bullet in my head.” says Joe Keller, ominously, in Arthur Miller's All My Sons.

Bobby Fox's life changed the moment he first saw Jersey Boys on Broadway. A year later, and his life changed once again, when he won the coveted role of Frankie Valli in the Australian production of the mega hit musical.

Ms Amy G and Entershamement is very, very funny. It's one hell of a wild, sometimes reckless and even dangerous ride, but an hilarious one.

Michael Apted has been revisiting a bunch of kids every seven years since he started 7 UP in 1964. The 7 UP series seems an obvious inspiration for Australian playwright Nick Enright to pen A Man With Five Children a couple of decades later.