Latest Reviews

The Black Woman of Gippsland
By Adam Rafferty Both historical and contemporary Indigenous Australian truth-telling forms the basis of writer/director Andrea James’ The Black Woman of Gippsland, an exposition of black deaths in custody that echoes across the white settlement of Australia. Those...
Hadestown
Review by Dave Gardette Nothing short of a triumph, Melbourne’s production of Hadestown is a visually rich, musically intoxicating, and emotionally resonant retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Set in a Depression-era, jazz-infused...
The Comeuppance
By Darby Turnbull As one of Western theatre’s most prolific preeminent young playwrights (he’s just turned 40) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins has more than earned his place on the cultural mantle for his genre expansive, bold epic takes on the state of the United States;...
Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular
Review by Tim Garratt In 2025, Les Misérables celebrates 40 years since its arrival on stage in London. Written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel, the show remains one of the most globally esteemed theatrical...
The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale
Review by David Gardette The Melbourne production of The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale, with book and lyrics by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus, is a high-energy, visually spectacular reimagining of Tolkien’s epic. This actor-musician ensemble delivers a...
Hive City Legacy – Naarm Chapter
By Bronwyn Cook For over 10 years, the fierce, first-nation powerhouses of Hot Honey Brown have been travelling the world spreading their “ACTIVATE POLLINATE LIBERATE” message. During that time, they were often asked “how do I become a Honey?”, which led to the...
Anisa Nandaula You Can’t Say That
By Jessica Taurins. Anisa Nandaula is like your best friend. She's got a smile that lights up the room, a warm personality, and she'll say the most messed up sh-t you've ever heard. Thus is the premise of her MICF 2025 show - You Can't Say That. As a black woman...
Scout Boxall God’s Favourite
By Jessica Taurins. I've seen a lot of shows at the Malthouse. Some are great, some are less so, some are true art, and some are called 'art' but are less artistic than the gum I've scraped out of my shoes. God's Favourite? That's Art. Capital A Art. Scout Boxall...
Swamplesque
By Mama Natalia, Let’s not beat around the bush, I’ve seen a lot of burlesque in the last twenty years - the good, the badass and the ugly, and Swamplesque (Trigger Happy Productions), playing in it’s final VIC season as part of the Melbourne International...
Features

Rachelle Ann Go: overcoming insecurities with joy
Rachelle Ann Go was always destined to be a singer. Her parents told her she was humming along to a song on the radio at just eight months old. Inspired, her father taught her to sing and play musical instruments. At the age of six her father would put her on...
Katie Reddin-Clancy End Game
Multi-award-winning writer and performer Katie Reddin-Clancy presents a dark comedy about an eccentric cabaret performer’s soul review. How would you describe your show to someone who knows very little about it? It’s a solo show about a cabaret performers soul review!...
Little Train Creative Popera: Sex, Death & Politics
Uma Dobia is your game show host for the evening as we spin the wheel, shake our maracas and ding our dong. Spotify playlists collide in Popera with questions such as "Why did Trevor leave? What’s cockrockera? And, who will win the air fryer?". How would you describe...
Jesus Christ Superstar
Check out the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar performing for Melbourne's media at the Princess Theatre! The iconic global phenomenon, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, is now playing, with a mesmerising new production that has received unprecedented acclaim and accolades...
Wilson Dixon – Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, You Do
Direct from Cripple Creek, Colorado, country music legend Wilson Dixon returns to Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the first time in years. Known to many as the greatest country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced – as well as the only country singer...
Lachlan Hamill Travels Berlin
Love, history and identity will collide on stage when Joanna Murray-Smith’s spine-tingling romantic thriller, Berlin, returns to Melbourne following its sell-out run in 2023. Actor Lachlan Hamill describes watching Berlin at MTC in 2021 as the most incredible piece of...
News
Soldier Boy at Theatre Works
Based on the beloved novel by Anthony Hill, Theatre Works proudly presents the premiere season of Soldier Boy; the story of Australia’s youngest ANZAC. Brought to the stage by an impressive team of creatives including renowned Director Beng Oh and Green Room Award...
National Institute of Circus Arts present PROTEUS
The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) is proud to present the third-year student ensemble show, titled PROTEUS, co-directed by international artists Sage Bachtler Cushman (2010 NICA alumna) and Hugo Oliveira, showing 18 – 28 June at NICA National Circus Centre...
OLIVIER AND FOUR-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNING BLOCKBUSTER MJ THE MUSICAL CONFIRMED TO OPEN IN MELBOURNE
After thrilling audiences in Sydney, producers of MJ THE MUSICAL have today officially confirmed that the Olivier and four-time Tony Award-winning musical will play in Melbourne at Her Majesty’s Theatre from September 2025. Tickets for the Melbourne season will...
Virginia Gay is the Wildest Woman in the West
Take a rollicking ride through the Wild West as acclaimed musical Calamity Jane makes its hotly anticipated return to the city where it all started, playing at the Sydney Opera House in an exclusive season from 14 October – 16 November. Virginia Gay is Calamity...
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