
Canberra Repertory’s whimsical production of The Book of Everything is a magical piece of theatre that could transport someone of any age back to their childhood.

As many expected, it’s a far cry from both L. Frank Baum’s novel and its subsequent 1939 adaptation. Less expected, it’s still got a strong, identifiable (and surprisingly complex) narrative.

It’s a great, daring concept for a work. Sadly, Circa don’t fully deliver on that conceptual potential.

If you've ever been to a convention, conference, congress, colloquium, seminar, tutorial, brainstorm, workshop or breakout session, you'll have something to laugh at, somewhere between the mission and vision statements.

Aurelian is a compendium of fantastic showcases of skill, blindingly affecting moments of catharsis and colossal dollops of ambition – but it’s not quite a finished work

Vincent Hooper is back home in Perth doing a cabaret show he's put together called Stolen Treasures, which bills itself as a foray through forgotten musical theatre and cabaret songs.

Friday is, essentially, a political satire and the timing could hardly be riper. When we enter the fray and melee, we gather there's been a (yawn!) sex scandal, spicily consummated on the Premier's desk.