18 stories by "Barbara Booth"
David Williamson's writing, produced on stage and screen, as well as being on school curricula, for over 40 years has brought him the honour of being one of Australia's Living National Treas…
With candle-lit table seating, the scene was set for Rouge et Blanc, the showcase cabaret for final year students of NICA, the National Institute of Circus Arts Australia. MC Aurora…
Before renowned cabaret artist "I've got something to say" Michael Dalley enters the intimate black curtained venue of Chapel off Chapel for Rituals of Art and Hatred, you instinctively know…
If you closed your eyes for a moment at this amazing concert you could hardly distinguish between the two hands of Chick Corea, deftly mastering the piano keyboard, and those of Gary Burton,…
Melbourne Town Hall, with its surrounding walls embellished with figures said to be representing Olympian gods, was a fitting setting for the majesty of two giants of the international jazz …
While sitting in the foyer of the Athenaeum, waiting for the opening of Melbourne Opera's production of Puccini’s much-loved Madame Butterfly, an orchestra member strolled by and c…
Strains of "All or Nothing at All" on a gentle saxophone with a Monash University Arts band, led the path to the Clarendon Ballroom of the gracious Langham Hotel, a fitting setting for the l…
NSFW is a thought-provoking play by English writer Lucy Kirkwood, who, at 29, has already received a string of awards for her writing. First presented at the Royal Court Theatre in London la…
The cover of the program for Melbourne Opera's La Traviata, which opened on Wednesday night at the Athenaeum Theatre, has a full-page photo of Guiseppe Verdi, the renegade composer of 1851, …
Laughing behind the Piano is a strange title, but so appropriate because Melbourne's Peter Hurley is a man to whom laughter comes easily and the piano is tantamount to a mask, giving him the…
From 'Surrey with the Fringe on Top' to 'Peel Me a Grape', Fem Belling took us on a wonderful trip down memory lane, enriched by the clever lyrics and subtle presentation attributed to the d…
As the audience waited for David Pomeranz to appear in Chaplin: A Life. In Concert, a screen showing a photograph of a bowler hat and bamboo cane on a chair was an instant reminder of a u…
Genesis to Broadway is, musically, a giant step but perhaps too big for such a small venue. Maybe technology let the stars of the show down but did the talented Fem Belling and Tod Strike, o…
As devoted fans cheered US bass icon Christian McBride onto the Melbourne Recital Centre stage, he, in return, was glowing in his praise of Melbourne, after four years away. This time he als…
Doctors don't listen, doctors keep us waiting, doctors work too hard or not hard enough … What is going on in The Eternity Waiting Room of the Parkside General Practice operated by GP The …
The publicity for The Man Who Planted Trees said variously for ages 2"7 or 7"adult. I hope people read the latter because, having been lulled to my seat by the mellifluous tones of Charl…
Circus training can start very young and if it were compulsory in schools, Â would contribute not only to good health and self-esteem but also the essential ingredients of trust and co-ope…
What an absolute delight to spend 90 minutes in the company of a truly intelligent and desperately funny comedian who doesn't rely on overused four-letter words and smutty innuendoes to get …
