
What a beautiful, exhilerating performance from these collaborating WA institutions; Perth can consider itself lucky to have such an assemblage of world-class creatives and performers at its disposal.

Freeze Frame takes the audience on a rollercoaster ride through the streets of LA where gangs, poverty, violence, drugs, and more are an everyday reality.

In the end I enjoyed Stranger without being blown away by it. I didn't come away feeling enlightened by the observations made. I enjoyed the performance without getting the goosebumps you do at a truly extraordinary performance.

What happens when you take the music and choreography of the King of Pop and ground it in the magical, body (and mind)-bending world of Cirque du Soleil? The answer is last night’s performance, and it’s hard to imagine a more fitting tribute to the late, great Michael Jackson.

Taylor takes to the stage in a very relaxed manner and – armed with nothing but a microphone and bathed in spotlight – just starts talking.

She sings these love poems in Spanish, French and English, and the sentiments she expresses aren’t defined by any one tongue; certainly the music she has written speaks its own language.

There was an audible hum of excitement at the Melbourne Recital Centre last night, as the who’s who of Melbourne musical theatre gathered for the second offering in the Steven Schwartz Celebration Triptych, Pippin.