By Jennifer Beasley. A Meta and immersive ‘cold-reading’ play that time loops on the question, is life a play, and what are the echoes that reverberate and connect us to life? Interesting, interesting, interesting. Here I am, a reviewer told to not say too much about...

  Legally Blonde The Musical is a stage adaptation of the popular 2001 film. With a book by Heather Hach, and music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, Legally Blonde The Musical debuted on Broadway in 2007, and made its Australian premiere in 2013....

By Ash  Cottrell In my humble opinion, fortyfivedownstairs is one of the most exciting places to see theatre in Melbourne. Conveniently located at the Paris end of Flinders Lane, the theatre is flanked by prominent bars and restaurants to value-add to an evening out....

Review by Carissa Shale    They say never work with animals or children, but Annie defies that proverb, proving that when done right, both can elevate a show to new heights. Annie has enchanted audiences for decades with its heartwarming tale of a plucky orphan's...

By Adam Rafferty Celebrated American playwright Paula Vogel has never been one to shy away from confronting political and social issues. In Mother Play, she tackles deeply personal subjects as she presents parts of her own life story on the stage that will likely...

By Jennifer Beasley. Roller skating through debilitating pain touches creative depths in this inspired one-woman show that delves into death, existential crisis, luck – and hope. Andi Snelling has created an interesting one act and one-woman 80-minute play based upon...

By David Gardette Anthony Hill’s Soldier Boy, adapted from his 2001 novel, brings to the stage the poignant true story of James “Jim” Martin, the youngest Australian soldier to die in active service during World War I. At just 14 years old, Martin lied about his age...

By Darby Turnbull What does it mean to have good intentions in a system that relies on undermining altruism in order to maintain the status quo? Proactive initiatives are insidiously inhibited through endless bureaucratic red tape designed to exhaust whilst self...

Review by David Gardette   John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a cult classic that continues to resonate. This bold, genre-defying rock musical tells the story of Hedwig, a genderqueer East German singer whose botched sex-change...