Alex First
The Curtain
A slow moving, wordy piece about loneliness, fragility and connection, I can’t say The Curtain lit up my life. Photos by Theresa Harrison...
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Alex First
Feb 24, 20204 min read
Billy Elliot The Musical
Billy Elliot The Musical remains as moving and evocative as when I first saw it in Melbourne more than a decade ago … and what a...
Alex First
Feb 22, 20202 min read
Italian American Reconciliation
The creator of and actors in Italian American Reconciliation, which premiered off Broadway in 1988, seem to have forgotten the adage...
Alex First
Feb 21, 20202 min read
The Great Australian Play
The Great Australian Play is a thoroughly bewildering take on Australian history – specifically one of this country’s most alluring...
Alex First
Feb 20, 20202 min read
Shrek The Musical
Fun, funny, light hearted, colourful and energetic, Shrek The Musical surprised me with its warmth, relatability and good natured banter....
Alex First
Feb 19, 20202 min read
The Importance of Being Earnest
Two gifted and extremely funny actors create an even bigger farce out of an already brilliant Victorian farce in an hilarious adaptation...
Alex First
Feb 15, 20202 min read
Torch the Place
Compulsive hoarding (from which an estimated 1.2 million Australians suffer) is a major mental health issue. It is also ripe for comedic...
Alex First
Feb 8, 20202 min read
Confessions of a Mormon Boy
Take the story of a God-fearing father, a loving husband and son and blend it with a penchant for same sex encounters, prostitution and...
Alex First
Feb 3, 20203 min read
Home, I'm Darling
Think back to all that was good about the 1950s (consider the fashion, architecture and styling … and if you can’t because you have...
Alex First
Feb 3, 20202 min read
The Feather in the Web
What to make of this zany, satirical ride? I was pondering that through much of The Feather in the Web, which makes its Victorian debut....
Alex First
Feb 2, 20202 min read
Amazing Grace: New York, New York
A hybrid musical with dance and calisthenics, Amazing Grace: New York, New York has many moments of exhilaration and others that don’t...
Alex First
Jan 20, 20202 min read
CATS
Energetic, colourful and captivating, this is up there with the very best productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS and I have had the...
Alex First
Jan 15, 20203 min read
War Horse
An epic and intense tale of bravery in the lead up to and during the First World War, War Horse focuses on the trials and tribulations of...
Alex First
Jan 14, 20202 min read
Mullygrubs
A cleverly conceived and executed piece that purports to be one thing and turns out to be something else entirely, I am loathe to go into...
Alex First
Jan 12, 20203 min read
Legends in Concert
It’s party time as some of the greatest artists from the ‘50s to today take to the stage ... again. Well, not really ... but as...
Alex First
Jan 4, 20202 min read
Cirque Stratosphere
With the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in our very recent past, why not stage a space themed circus? Why not, indeed? And the...
Alex First
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Songs for Nobodies
Superlatives are inadequate to describe a truly mesmerising performance from a woman of grace, charm and sublime talent. Bernadette...
Alex First
Dec 31, 20192 min read
Chicago
Sassy and darkly humourous, the stage musical Chicago circa 2020 remains a sordid tale of corruption, given new life by headliners...
Alex First
Dec 31, 20193 min read
The Choir of Man
Feel good entertainment in a good, old-fashioned pub – what could be better than that? Well … simple, really – feel good entertainment in...
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