
Opera Australia has continued its tradition of welcoming the New Year with Gale Edwards’ exuberant production of La Boheme. And what an excellent choice.

I would like to use the phrase “dissolved into madness” about the catastrophic carnage that takes place on the Lower Town Hall stage in the Melbourne Town Hall, but that would imply that there had been something more substantial of which to dissolve from.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a roaring success when it comes to entertaining its young audience. This is no mean feat. Young children are a tough crowd.

Howzat! Melbourne Playback Theatre Company is on a winner with The Hat Trick its latest and final offering for the 2014 theatre season.

Locally grown and internationally recognised Circus Oz are not known for their intimate shows, but since the recent move into their new permanent home in Collingwood, they have pitched a gorgeous old Spiegeltent and launched their latest show, Close to the Bone.

She’s an angry bird all right, with the stage persona of your classic foulmouthed Aussie pub comic with ‘balls and bite’ who descends into moments of almost insane rage.