Ragtime
The Production Company could hardly have chosen a better musical to celebrate the culmination of its 21st year, and its last show in the State Theatre before it undergoes renovations. Because it requires huge and particu...
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The Year of Magical Thinking
All of the show’s darkness, curiosities, and grace are borne from a simple setup: a single chair, a small table, a glass of water. Regulars to fortyfivedownstairs will be struck by the side windows uncovered. Everything ...
Siblingship
Cabaret is the perfect medium for performers to showcase their talents. It allows them to highlight their strengths and reveal performing skills previously unknown to audiences through the roles in which they’ve been cas...
Il Viaggio A Reims
It’s not often that the conductor of an opera wins more applause than the cast, but that was what happened on the opening night of Il Viaggio a Reims in the Sydney Opera House. Australian conductor Daniel Smith, for his ...
MANSION – The Experience
Earlier this year, Bass Fam Creative brought us Matador – a beautiful exploration of love and lust through dance, circus, and burlesque. Despite Melbourne slipping out of summer then, the performers turned the Melb...
Rouge
The emergence of spiegeltents in Australia has also led to the emergence of adult circus cabaret as a popular new genre. Rouge is an excellent example. Promising “a decadent blend of sensational acrobatics, operatic caba...
Lobby Hero
Lobby Hero runs over two hours without an interval and it’s a credit to cast and crew that the show didn’t meander, nor did it rush by. The production was lifted – literally, thanks to Juliette Whitney’s fantastic ...
After the Wedding
The most shocking thing about bombastic drama, After the Wedding, is the fact that the film had managed to bamboozle two of this generation’s greatest actresses (Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore) into starring ...
