
The advantage of their jazz training was evident in their presentation. Each allowed the others to shine in solo segments in the songs.

Despite having endured a dreadfully long flight from USA he was in a whimsical mood and offered some funny, flippant observations about cricketers staying at the same hotel as him.

The audience is never sure in this play within a play that deconstructs itself as it goes along, when the two characters are genuinely present with each other or with us, if ever.

This year's Shen Yun production at Melbourne's Arts Centre was magical, mesmerizing and an enlightening experience.

We laugh in the right places, and marvel appropriately at John Bell’s pitch perfect rendition of the iconic Seven Ages of Man speech. But, Bell aside, there’s not much in here to elevate this production above the serviceable.

With a sparkling book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, the show is a lively smorgasbord of colour and movement with many catchy tunes that non-musical lovers will recognise.

Madama Butterfly is a tragic love story, the tale of a naïve and romantic young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American sailor who betrays her.