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Review: ‘The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale’ at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre (2025)

The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale is playing at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre until 22 June, before heading to the Gold Coast from 4 July 2025.

More information and tickets via lotronstage.com.

Review: Latency (2024)

2024, 90 mins
M (Mature themes, horror themes, violence and coarse language)

Stars Sasha Luss, Alexis Ren
Directed by James Croke

A great premise and striking visual style elevate what is ultimately a frustrating and not fully-realised horror thriller. Latency is one of those films that starts out brilliantly and hooks you in, but then sadly doesn’t really go anywhere with its premise. Still, there’s a lot to like in Australian writer/director James Croke’s debut feature.

Review: ‘One Day In September’ at Athenaeum Theatre 2, Melbourne (2024)

When I heard that Maverick Newman and Kohan van Sambeeck had created a new Australian musical based around Australian Rules Football, I was immediately intrigued. I don’t have any interest in the sport but knowing it centred on a fictional closeted player (and to date there has never been an openly gay player in men’s AFL), it sounded like a bold subject for theatre.

Review: ‘Pippin’ at Altona Theatre (2024)

Williamstown Musical Theatre Company’s production of Pippin is playing at the Altona Theatre (115 Civic Parade, Altona) until November 23, 2024.

Tickets start at $46 and are available via https://www.wmtc.org.au/pippin2024

Review: ‘Daddy Long Legs’ at The Anglican Centre, Mornington (2024)

Peoples Playhouse’s production of Daddy Long Legs is playing at the Mornington and Mount Martha Anglican Church (4 Albert Street, Mornington) until November 16, 2024.

Tickets start at $35 and are available via peoplesplayhouse.com

Review: ‘Sister Act’ at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre (2024)

Sister Act, a divine musical comedy, is currently playing at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre.
More information and tickets can be found at sisteractthemusical.com.au

Review: ‘Me, My Mother and Suzy Cato’ at Melbourne Fringe Festival

Following a sell out season at Auckland Fringe where it won the award for ‘Outstanding Performance by an Individual’, Me, My Mother and Suzy Cato is playing at the Melbourne Fringe Festival until October 20th at Trades Hall, Music Room.

A delightful, touching, nostalgia-filled trip back to the turn of the millennium, a time where Y2K paranoia ran rampant and the only thing a mobile phone could do was send a text; Me, My Mother and Suzy Cato is the brainchild of talented New Zealand actor, writer and producer, Florence Hartigan, who has crafted a sweet and nuanced coming of age tale.

Review: Six at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre (2024)

SIX is a musical about the ex-wives of King Henry VIII, who held the English throne from the age of 17 in 1509 until his death in 1547. But this is not a stuffy, old retelling of history. No, no. Writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss have taken some creative liberties injecting modern-day language, mobile phones and dating norms such as swiping left or right on a potential match.

It’s a concept that shouldn’t work, and yet it does brilliantly.

Review: ‘Elegies: A Song Cycle’ at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne (2024)

Elegies: a song cycle is a show for a very specific theatre goer. It is for the ones who don’t need showiness, rather, those who appreciate the simplicity of engrossing vocalisation and lyricism.