
The latest show to come dazzling out of Strut & Fret production house is The Dream Menagerie, a confetti drenched dreamscape where things inside the Speigeltent are meant to be seen and not believed this Brisbane Festival.

Schneider captured Doris’s essence in this performance, clearly giving a large piece of herself in creating a showstopper.


The art of burlesque is most often associated with a kind of old world glamour – voluptuous ladies luxuriating with feather fans and so forth – but Metropolis 2040, the latest burlesque extravaganza to scorch the stage at Red Bennies cabaret bar, turns that on its head.

Red Stitch’s latest offering The Aliens is a brilliantly crafted production and a testament to why this company is in the midst of celebrating its tenth anniversary.

It’s not often I get to use the phrase “consummate performer” without sounding pretentious, but in the case of Martin Short, there really are no other words to describe the one man band of singing, dancing and comedic brilliance.

This fast paced performance piece jumped in and out of theatre, TV and film vignettes and was layered with smatterings of pop culture references.