June (Fabricated Rooms)

July 28, 2023 by  

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Rough Trade (Rogue Projects)

July 26, 2023 by  

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Walanbaa Yulu-Gi: Burn the Floor

July 25, 2023 by  

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Far Away

July 24, 2023 by  

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Bloom

July 24, 2023 by  

A Melbourne Theatre Company production reviewed by Alex First Read more

Giselle

July 16, 2023 by  

A ballet review by Alex First  Read more

This is living

July 13, 2023 by  

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Away

July 12, 2023 by  

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First. Read more

Shhhh – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

July 11, 2023 by  

Loneliness. Pain. Emotional connection. Desire. Sexual kinks. Consent. Read more

Idomeneo: an opera review by Alex First

July 7, 2023 by  

Superb staging is a hallmark of Mozart’s dramatic opera Idomeneo, set on the island of Crete shortly after the Trojan War. Read more

Is God Is – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

June 27, 2023 by  

Revenge is the cornerstone of Is God Is, an incendiary play that explodes onto the MTC stage. Read more

Aida – an opera review by Murray Dahm

June 20, 2023 by  

Verdi’s Aïda (1871) is a remarkable opera for all sorts of reasons. Read more

Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook – reviewed by Alex First

June 13, 2023 by  

The highly entertaining two-hour show could be called the soundtrack of the glorious Robyn Archer’s life. Read more

The Culture: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

June 12, 2023 by  

Will (Mina Asfour) and Katie (Laura Jackson) are millennial best friends who live together. Read more

Death of a Salesman – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

June 8, 2023 by  

Almost three-quarters of a century after it was written, the power, passion and desolation intrinsic to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1949) remains intact.

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Rocky Horror Show – a Melbourne theatre review

June 7, 2023 by  

Half a century on, the Rocky Horror Show remains a delightful, bizarre and engaging romp that encourages audience participation. Read more

Climbers – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

June 4, 2023 by  

It’s all good, clean, innocent, engaging, adventurous and flirtatious fun, until it isn’t. Read more

The World According to Dinosaurs: A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

June 2, 2023 by  

Having just sat through The World According to Dinosaurs, I am sorry to say I can’t really tell you much about the narrative, save for an extinction event.
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Jacky – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

May 30, 2023 by  

Racism, disadvantage, “the mob” and money collide in the incendiary new work from Declan Furber Gillick, five years in the making. Read more

Back in Oz: Mamma Mia!

May 29, 2023 by  

This show is not for you if you hate ABBA’s music, great singing, great dancing, great production and a custom-built heart-warming story incorporating lyrics sung by the Swedish four. Read more

Worstward Ho: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

May 27, 2023 by  

Irish writer and Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett’s works can be difficult to get your head around. Read more

Catch Me If You Can: The Musical – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

May 25, 2023 by  

Tony Burge, who assumes the role of lead FBI agent Carl Hanratty chasing boyish con man Frank Abagnale Jr. excels in Cloc’s production of Catch Me If You Can. Read more

I Wanna Be Yours – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

May 23, 2023 by  

Navigating the vicissitudes in a relationship can be tricky at the best of times, but cross-cultural unions, more often than not, face additional difficulties. Read more

Beautiful Highness: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

May 22, 2023 by  

Today, deteriorating mental health is spoken about far more often than it used to be, which is a good thing, but what does it look like up close and personal? Read more

Once (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) – A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

May 10, 2023 by  

A brilliant slice of musical theatre, Once has an inspiring, ear and eye-pleasing balance of heart and humour. Read more

Happy Days (MTC) – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

May 8, 2023 by  

Absurdist and existential, Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days is a play strictly for selective tastes. Read more

The Critical Marriage – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

May 7, 2023 by  

A new Australian work, The Critical Marriage by Mark Andrew, is the inside story of a relationship between a couple of intellectual heavyweights. Read more

Driftwood The Musical – reviewed by Alex First

May 5, 2023 by  

Set against the backdrop of the Holocaust, Driftwood The Musical is a deeply moving tale of tribulation and triumph. Read more

Australian Whitney Tribute Show – I’m Every Woman: Reviewed by Alex First

May 2, 2023 by  

The plaudits are mind-blowing, the statistics staggering, the downfall tragic, but her musical legacy lives on. Read more

Selling Kabul: a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

April 30, 2023 by  

We are in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2013, as the US troops are starting a major withdrawal from the country. Read more

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