1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (367+ words) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Soundworks Productions) – music theatre review theblurb.com.au The subject matter might be stomach churning, but its entertainment and engagement value certainly is not Soundworks Productions’ Sweeney Todd is triumphant thanks to…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (595+ words) Dracula (BIG Live) at Her Majesty’s Theatre, State Theatre and Capitol Theatre – ballet review theblurb.com.au BIG Live’s balletic production of Dracula is, in a word, captivating. It is dramatic, haunting and sensual. In 11 scenes through two acts, the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (510+ words) Australian arts & entertainment reviews In 1843, German philosopher Karl Marx famously wrote that “religion is the opium of the people”. So, does religion exist to assuage the tough times? But so much about it can’t be explained. It just is. Think…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (306+ words) In fact, there are many scenes in which I was transfixed. I dared not avert my eyes for even a moment, lest I missed out on seeing one of the many high points of the offering or even a well-timed…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (441+ words) Thereafter, life is even harder for Carrie, but Sue genuinely regrets the way she has treated her. That draws a wedge between Sue and her best friend Chris, who is not the least bit sorry. The divide between them escalates…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (306+ words) Scheming and passion abound in Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s Cleopatra & Antony. Based on the Shakespearean tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, written about 1606, it concerns power and politics, but is a deeply personal story. Set during the final years of the Roman Republic,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (308+ words) Inspired by fact, a significant moral dilemma confronts actors in a small amateur theatre company five days before opening night. While the performers must decide whether to proceed with the show, they are not the only ones with a difficult…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (215+ words) It is a rowdy affair with Senators biffing among themselves and Napoleon at first represented by a proxy, being his communications head, Squealer (Lauren Swain). Squealer struggles to provide any straight answers, before an unfazed Napoleon suddenly arrives, preaching largesse....