
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this, despite having had two enthusiastic cast members tell me how good it is. Performers have to be in love with their shows, it comes with the job spec. But Sexercise – The Musical is FANTASTIC.

The program notes said the show would be “Cheesy”. That could be said, but a better description would be “The perfect melt.”

What Rhymes with Cars and Girls is an homage to an album of the same name by Tim Rogers. Playwright/director Aidan Fennessy wrote the play because he’s been in love with Rogers’s first solo album since it came out in 1999, playing it practically every day, apparently.

The success of this production lies in the combination of great singing and dancing on an attractive looking set that manages to feel strangely contemporary thanks to the costume, set and lighting design.

I am an emotional creature: the secret life of girls is a relatively new offering from Eve Ensler, the writer behind the famous “Vagina Monologues”, and the worldwide V-Day campaign against violence and discrimination against women.

Cross Country / Cross Cultures was a short piece of theatre (25 minutes) but it packed a lot of punch. The eclectic cast of former refugees, migrants, first generation Australians and Indigenous Australians, were beautiful in their authenticity of presentation.

The Lion King last ran at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from 2005 to 2006. A decade later, Julie Taymor’s breathtakingly beautiful production, still proves that it can enchant the young and the young at heart alike.