Thursday, January 27, 2022
Electrifying new musical Jagged Little Pill commands attention, breaks hearts and, ultimately, inspires hope in this thrilling Australian premiere season.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSunday, January 23, 2022
The border control comedy we didn’t know we all needed, The Comedy of Errors is Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s convivial contribution to the welcome wave of theatres reopening.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, December 29, 2021
Respectfully adapted and lushly scored, dreamily romantic and heartbreakingly moving, the new movie adaptation of evergreen classic West Side Story gleams with the splendour of mega-budget m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, December 7, 2021
A spectacular spectacular, Moulin Rouge! the Musical arrives in Melbourne in ravishing form for its Australian premiere season.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, November 27, 2021
Well worth the ever-extended wait, the lush new Melbourne Theatre Company production of Shakespeare’s pleasantly pastoral comedy As You Like It proves an appealing year-end treat.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, July 18, 2021
While its title may match the chill of Melbourne winter, the arrival of Frozen brings welcome warmth and theatrical magic as the first major musical to debut locally since March 2020.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, May 9, 2021
Shoulder pads, big hair and vivid colours come back to the future in the vibrant Australian premiere season of The Wedding Singer.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, May 1, 2021
Not just an original score but also an original and highly entertaining story, new Australian musical Fangirls explodes onto the Melbourne stage in a very welcome yet all too brief season.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, April 17, 2021
In celebration of the ongoing return to live theatre, Sydney turned on perfect conditions for the opening night of La Traviata on Sydney Harbour.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, April 12, 2021
Riding the crest of the oh-so-politically-correct zeitgeist, The Cane taps into the current craze for scrutinising old sins under today’s standards.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, March 29, 2021
Deservedly drenched with international awards and accolades, megahit musical Hamilton arrives in Australia in pristine form, the terrific local cast members not throwing away their shots at …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, March 7, 2021
As their 2021 autumn tale, Melbourne Shakespeare Company presents a lively, well-judged open-air staging of A Winter’s Tale in the charming surrounds of Central Park Malvern.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, January 29, 2021
The joy of finally returning to live theatre in Melbourne is exponentially magnified by the heart lifting humanity of the first musical to reopen, Come From Away.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, December 22, 2019
Set to dazzle and divert, the Broadway revival of Chicago returns for its third Melbourne sentence with as sexy and sinewy a company of dancers as could possibly be wished for.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, November 28, 2019
In a production as spectacularly staged as it is intelligently conceived, Faust is another mighty achievement from Opera Australia, demonstrating the full extent of their resources to sterli…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, October 28, 2019
Well worth the 25 year wait, this was the Moment, not just for Anthony Warlow to actually play Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on stage, but also for Australia to finally see a professional production…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMTuesday, September 3, 2019
Brilliantly bolstered and boosted, Stanton Welch’s new Sylvia enlivens and enhances the 1876 original for an evening of pure theatrical enchantment.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, August 10, 2019
Whoopee baby! Thoroughly Modern Millie returns in a splashy, starry staging that distils the very essence of musical comedy into an evening of unabashed joy.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, July 22, 2019
Offering the pure joy of musical theatre at its unadulterated best, Come from Away is a breathless celebration of the finest qualities of humanity.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday, July 5, 2019
An Off-Broadway show with the nerve to charge Broadway prices, the “Bard Summerscape Production of” Oklahoma! plays out like a cynical practical joke on theatregoers. The egregious exper…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, July 3, 2019
A truly spectacular spectacular, Moulin Rouge burns through the budget of a hundred musicals, all in the quest for extravagant entertainment.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTuesday, July 2, 2019
Pure escapist fun, new Broadway musical Beetlejuice runs high on daffy hilarity with an irresistible undercurrent of snarky wickedness.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, June 22, 2019
Storm Boy is theatre for children and yet it is not children’s theatre. As memorable family entertainment it is very hard to beat, with the additional benefit of possibly inspiring follow-…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, June 10, 2019
The Australian Ballet heads straight back down the rabbit hole, returning award-winning 2017 hit Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to the Melbourne stage for a very welcome encore season.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, May 23, 2019
Lazarus is unlikely to appeal to lovers of traditional musical theatre, but for those seeking theatre with an edge the production more than lives up to its tantalising promise.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday, May 17, 2019
Intelligently conceived and handsomely staged, David McVicar’s production of Così fan tutte matches elegance and wit with the simple pleasure of Mozart’s heavenly music.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTuesday, May 14, 2019
Verdi’s richly melodious tragedy glistens again as Opera Australia returns its much loved Moshinsky staging of Rigoletto to the Melbourne stage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, May 8, 2019
Given the resources regularly lavished on revivals of international classic plays, this season of modern Australian classic Così is as welcome as it is deserving.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday, May 3, 2019
An all too rare independent musical theatre production, the new Australian staging of Barnum sees Todd McKenney embrace the chance to play iconic huckster P. T. Barnum.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, April 17, 2019
Opera Australia complements their dazzling new outdoor production of West Side Story in Sydney with the return of this traditional staging to Melbourne, differentiating the casting by showca…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTuesday, March 26, 2019
Imaginatively conceived, ingeniously written and lavishly produced Muriel’s Wedding is surely the most impressive original musical ever created in Australia. Brimming with imagination, ins…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PM 
