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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

In this wonderfully chilling production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, we see the titular character arrive in Georgian London, beholden to Anthony Hope, who has rescued him at sea. We learn that Todd ...

Puttin’ On the Ritz

June 15 - Latest Reviews, Music, Performance

On the back of their successful 2017 Australian tour, the Company of Puttin’ On the Ritz have returned, drawing a full house at the Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday 8 June – that extra shows were needed to meet de...

ACF Megan Mullally and her band Nancy And Beth

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Megan Mullally and her band Nancy And Beth

June 13 - Cabaret, Latest Reviews

Where do I start reviewing this show? In order to start reviewing this show, I really need to to understand what I just witnessed – and I’m still trying to work through that! Let me say from the outset, I mea...

AAR ACF Taxithi Maria Mercedes - photo by Sarah Walker

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Taxithi – An Australian Odyssey

June 12 - Latest Reviews, Performance

Taxithi – An Australian Odyssey is a poignant and important work about the untold stories of women who migrated from Greece to Australia in the 50’s and 60’s. The immensely talented Helen Yotis Patterson, Maria Mer...

MIJF19 Ms. Lisa Fischer with Grand Baton

Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton

June 11 - Latest Reviews, Music, Performance

Festivals can throw up all sorts of wonderful surprises. At the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton was a prime example. We began the night with Audrey Powne (vocals, trumpet) fronting...

YID!

June 11 - Latest Reviews, Music, Performance

YID! promised to take “centuries-old Yiddish songs” and present them in a variety of musical styles, from 1930s Big Band to modern-day Electronica. The ensemble of 20+ musicians certainly achieved some memorable moments....

End of the Rainbow

June 8 - Latest Reviews, Theatre

It’s always fraught with danger presenting a show about an icon such as Judy Garland. There is always a question mark as to whether you can do her story justice, both in story line and the authenticity of the playe...

Gershwin Reimagined

June 4 - Latest Reviews, Music, Performance

It’s stunning to think that the George Gershwin-composed Rhapsody in Blue was first performed in 1924. Many of his songs from stage and screen, such as Someone to Watch Over Me, have become Jazz standards. Even a limited...

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