REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Content warning: this review mentions death, sexual assault and dead bodies. It’s week 12 and most of us, me included, are trying to find any way to avoid the thought of SWOTVAC and exams looming ahead. Four Letter Word Theatre’s Last Impressions seems like the perfect way to take my mind off assignment pressure for a few … Continue reading A Last(ing) Impression
REVIEW BY JESSICA FANWONG EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY Into the Woods has been among the most popular musicals to be remounted in recent years. With any show that is restaged so often and features storylines most audiences grew up listening to as kids, the challenge is to retell the classic with a new twist. Needless to say, I had high expectations going into this production. … Continue reading Into the Woods And Back To Our Childhoods
REVIEW BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the compact Theatre Works foyer, a crowd of buzzing theatre-goers gather for the sold-out opening night of Colour and Light: The Art of Sondheim, the newest offering from Watch This, Australia’s first and only Sondheim repertory company. Weaving a beautiful tapestry of the theatre giant’s immortal contributions to the musical theatre canon with … Continue reading We Had A Moment, A Marvellous Moment At Colour And Light: The Art Of Sondheim
REVIEW BY TOM WORSNOP EDITED BY RACHEL THORNBY St Hilda’s College stages a sparkling, slick, and sumptuous production of Cole Porter’s musical classic, Anything Goes. The story follows a young Wall Street trader Billy Crocker (Sam Kohler) as he sneaks onto a cruise ship to pursue his true love, Hope Harcourt (Georgia Shell). Along the way, he encounters mobsters, flees his boss, and gets a … Continue reading We Get A Kick Out Of St Hilda’s College’s Anything Goes
REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT ‘Study the greats and become greater’ – these scribbled words stand out among the collage of Michael Jackson’s handwritten notes projected onto a scrim. Musicians and dancers file casually onto the stage as the audience is still chatting and drinking. It’s opening night. Excitement and anticipation are buzzing through Her Majesty’s Theatre. In a room of glitter … Continue reading MJ: The Musical Won’t Stop Until You’re Dancing Too
REVIEW BY GRACE DWYER EDITED BY MYA HELOU Is there any band as crowd pleasing to the Australian public as ABBA? Science says no. And the almost full house (on a Thursday night, too!) for Queen’s College’s Mamma Mia! is absolutely ready for any and all seventies jams the musical is going to throw at them. The house lights go down, leaving a yellow spotlight … Continue reading Queen’s College’s Mamma Mia Is Infectious, Sparkly, And Leaves The Audience On Their Feet!
REVIEW BY ELLA CALLOW-SUSSEX EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT I have not read the book or watched the movie of American Psycho. As a teenager I had one too many encounters with a boy that didn’t understand satire, idolised American Psycho’s Patrick Bateman and decided to lecture me on how life changing and validating the story was. As a result, it was with some caution that … Continue reading Is That A Chainsaw In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy To See Me? See You Sunday’s American Psycho: A Musical Thriller
REVIEW BY TARAS SCURRY EDITED BY AZMY AZURITE University College rallies in, filling the first floor of the Union Theatre with a buzz of anticipation. It’s opening night and the lights are shining bright, excitement trickling throughout the theatre, cheers flooding through for the first act as Producer and Musical Director Samantha Johnson’s vision springs upon the stage. The company starts strong, with athleticism from … Continue reading High School Musical: A Wildcat Performance By University College
REVIEW BY GRACE DWYER EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Chicago is big. It’s the hit 1975 musical that went on to claim 2002’s Best Picture, enjoy long-lasting intercontinental theatrical success, and ensure every theatre kid has their own favourite Merry Murderess. A perfect show for Ormond Drama, who blew us away last year with their 2024 production of Into the Woods, so my friends and I … Continue reading Jazz everywhere, booze everywhere, joy everywhere in Ormond College’s Chicago!
REVIEW BY TOM WORSNOP EDITED BY EMMA PARFITT Newman College’s joyful production of High School Musical 2 is fun, upbeat, and oozing with nostalgia for 2000s high school drama. The show follows Troy Bolton (Luke Higgins) and his East High Wildcats basketball team, trying to find jobs for the summer break. They all find themselves employed at the Lava Springs resort, owned by the family … Continue reading All In This Together: Newman College’s High School Musical 2
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