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Details: 04 February 2007

El Caballo Blanco is a celebration of the Spanish horse. In a specially constructed pavilion the audience is treated to a delicious meal and given the opportunity of watching magnificent and highly trained horses strut their stuff with style, precision and plenty of personality

Details: 31 January 2007

Fantastic Mr Fox follows the trials and tribulations of a sly simple fox who tries to feed his family despite the protestations of three greedy farmers who have too much poultry and far too much ego to share their good fortune with those less privileged.

Details: 31 January 2007

Her Aching Heart first staged in the UK in 1990 is a romantic comedy tribute to the darkness and light of romantic fiction. It is dutifully, respectfully and hilariously revived for Midsumma 2007.

Details: 27 January 2007

Hayley Clare looks like an angel and has the voice to match. She may not be well known - yet - but a large following turned out to see her sing with her quintet of jazz musicians at Bennett’s Lane

Details: 27 January 2007

That Eva’s been dancing since 12 should surprise noone, since she does it with such consummate self-assuredness: while I’m gasping, in anxious anticipation of a fatal error, she’s dancing her heart and soul out.

Details: 27 January 2007

An 18-year-old Carmen?! A 15-year-old Escamillo?! (Indeed, all the cast was well under 30.) Unheard of! Sacrilege! Yet, it worked a treat!

Details: 26 January 2007

The monks' current touring show, Legendary Masters of Kung Fu, has a much more integrated theatrical approach, with acts blending comfortably into one another and plenty of fast-paced ensemble action. It's not short on entertainment, even for Kung Fu virgins like myself.

Details: 25 January 2007

The beautifully delicate crooning of Madeleine Peyroux, weighted with pained honesty of heart ache, loneliness and yearning, seems to be more suited to a more intimate venue rather than the vast space of the State Theatre.

El Caballo Blanco

Fantastic Mr Fox | RMIT Union Arts

Her Aching Heart | WishingWell Productions

Hayley Clare Quintet

Eva Yerbabuena Ballet Flamenco

Carmen - The Musical | Alexander Productions

Shaolin Warriors: Legendary Masters of Kung-Fu

Madeleine Peyroux