Alex First
Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies (The Australian Shakespeare Company) at Ripponlea - 70 minutes
Littlies (several wearing angel wings) danced and clapped. They cheered and waved their arms about. Truth be told, so did their parents...
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Alex First
Dec 24, 20212 min read
The Wind in the Willows (The Australian Shakespeare Company) - 90 minutes without interval
Hijinks abound in The Australian Shakespeare Company’s fun-filled treat The Wind in the Willows at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Populated...
Alex First
Dec 17, 20213 min read
Title of Show (Be You Productions) at The MC Showroom - 90 minutes without interval
You have your eyes on the prize. You are so intent on making it that you can figuratively taste it. That is what confronts the couple of...
Alex First
Nov 28, 20213 min read
Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Regent Theatre) - 2 hours 35 minutes (including a 20 minute interval)
Polished performances, magnificent mashups, elegant and evocative sets, colourful and creative costumes, and charismatic choreography are...
Alex First
Nov 25, 20212 min read
Hell Ship: The Journey of the Ticonderoga (fortyfivedownstairs) – 80 minutes without interval
Accompanied by a lone cellist (Thomas Veitch) and dressed in period costume, Michael Veitch weaves a deeply personal and tragic tale with...
Alex First
Jul 26, 20213 min read
Frozen The Musical (Her Majesty's Theatre)
Stellar lead performances, brilliant staging, evocative lighting, a healthy dollop of Disney magic and a delightful sense of humour...
Alex First
Jul 2, 20213 min read
The Regina Monologues (Meat Market Stables) - 2 hours 30 minutes without interval
The Regina Monologues looks at strong royal women through history and the obstacles they faced … and continue to endure. Most of those...
Alex First
Jun 30, 20212 min read
Trash Talk - 60 minutes
To state the bleedin’ obvious, COVID-19 has had a massive impact on the world … and comedian and songstress Tash York throws many...
Alex First
Jun 28, 20212 min read
Grant Busé: SentiMENTAL!
Nostalgia is very much alive and kicking … and Grant Busé has made a thoroughly entertaining, hour-long show about it. He sings, dances,...
Alex First
Jun 28, 20212 min read
Iphigenia in Splott (Red Stitch Theatre) - 90 minutes without interval
What an ordeal! If it is tough to watch because of the material it covers, just imagine what it would be like for the lone actor on stage...
Alex First
Jun 27, 20212 min read
The Invisible Sword (Thespian Theatre Company) - 2 hours 40 minutes (including a 15 minute interval)
Religious, cultural, political and financial differences are the root cause of so much hatred and distress in the world. That’s the...
Alex First
Jun 26, 20212 min read
The Broken Mill (Chapel off Chapel) - 60 minutes
The bizarre meets the macabre and the maudlin in The Broken Mill. Through original song, storytelling and mime, six performers and four...
Alex First
Jun 24, 20212 min read
The Truth (MTC), at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner - 90 minutes
A six-month affair with a best mate’s wife is the starting point for a French comedy about deceit, which has been translated into...
Alex First
Jun 24, 20212 min read
Cactus (La Mama) - 75 minutes
A time of change, discovery and shock. That is what confronts Abbie (Ayesha Harris-Westman), a high school student who meets her bff in...
Alex First
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Lennox: Legend in my Living Room (Chapel off Chapel) - 60 minutes
Va-va-voom! What a talent Chris Burgess is. The young man studying honours in musical theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts is a...
Alex First
May 25, 20212 min read
Statera (Statera Circus) - 45 minutes without interval
Circus arts performed in a most unlikely setting. Statera puts the supermarket or grocery store front and centre. It is imaginative,...
Alex First
May 22, 20212 min read
The Magnolia Tree (Alex Theatre) - 80 minutes without interval
Their mother has deteriorated sharply and her three children have gathered to determine which facility to send her to. She has...
Alex First
May 22, 20213 min read
The Lifespan of a Fact (MTC) - 90 minutes without interval
A 16-year-old by the name of Levi Presley plunges to his death after leaping off the ledge of a tall casino hotel in Las Vegas, so an...
Alex First
May 15, 20213 min read
The Music of the Night, The Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Chapel off Chapel) - 90 minutes
It was such a delight to welcome back to the stage musical theatre royalty in Debra Byrne. It was the mid ‘80s when she appeared in...
Alex First
May 14, 20212 min read
Ernani (Opera Australia) - 150 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
Honour is at stake in Verdi’s powerful opera Ernani, which features a surfeit of rich, rounded and redolent performances. The music is...
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