
Andi Snelling's one woman show #DearDiary has been doing well at various arts festivals since Melbourne Fringe last year, and seeing her opening night performance at The Butterfly Club, it's easy to understand why.

Strictly Gershwin is an electrifying and thrillingly poised ride through George and Ira Gershwin’s music from their larger than life Broadway creations through to the seductive and splendid silver screen tunes they composed for Hollywood.

In the dark you can envisage your companions as a table of poets and artists waving thick smoke from their eyes as they get distracted by the flash of a beautiful thigh.

Paul Capsis is a national treasure, and anyone who saw his solo piece Angela’s Kitchen will know he can carry a show. He is, purely and simply, the best thing about this production.

The music has always been what people remember and want to hear, so it's little wonder that concert versions have proved popular around the world, and kept this gem of a show alive.

O’Neill pays homage to her father, an Alzheimer’s sufferer, and ties in the above with stories of her ancestor Owen Roe, who led a rebellion against the English in the 1640s, as well as stories of her romantic life and motherhood.

In this big, bold, inventive and innovative production of The Taming of the Shrew, license has been taken with Will’s quill, with Shakespeare’s Shrew shaken into a sea shanty, a silent film melodrama, and a silly arse farce, but the dizzying discipline on show from the entire ensemble keeps the engine of the narrative and plot at full steam.