Reviewed August 2024 for Theatre Matters.
Scene – a house in New England. Guests gather for a surprise birthday party. There are decorations. There is cake. There are drinks. There is a MURDER.
SIX
Reviewed August 2024 for Theatre Matters.
Stop me if you’ve heard it…Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.
Whilst it may be a simple rhyme many of us learned in school to remember the six wives of Henry VIII, it’s also the story backbone of the global phenomenon SIX the Musical.
Sunset Boulevard
Reviewed May 2024 for Theatre Matters.
“Madame is the greatest star of them all.”
Said of Norma Desmond, the same applies to Sarah Brightman.
Wicked
Reviewed March 2024 for Theatre Matters.
“Who runs the world? GIRLS”
There is nothing more so evident in 2024 than the current surge of girl power we are seeing globally. From Beyonce to Barbie to Taylor Swift to the incredible Australian female sporting achievements, the world is bathed and pink…and green.
Chicago The Musical
Reviewed March 2024 for Theatre Matters.
Chicago. The 1920s. The Jazz Age. The dawn of the “celebrity criminal” – where the crime (and justice) itself is overshadowed by glitz, glamour and a good story.
The Choir of Man (2024)
Reviewed January 2024 for Theatre Matters.
Anyone who is from the UK or has visited will tell you that the local pub can often be the heartbeat of a town (or village). For me, it was Bartons Mill in Basingstoke, a charming place by a stream which I walked to through a country field. For the nine men that make up the “Choir of Man”, it is The Jungle.
Mamma Mia! The Musical
Reviewed October 2023 for Theatre Matters.
Mamma Mia…here we go again! Making its third decade appearance, Mamma Mia! The Musical is back after its 2001-2005, 2009-2010 and 2017-2018 productions.
Broadway Diva
Reviewed June 2023 for Theatre Matters.
What better way to follow-up from the musical theatre Christmas (aka the Tony Awards) than to celebrate the songs we know, some we may not know, but definitely love with a Broadway Diva, otherwise known as Olivia Ruggiero.
Mary Poppins
Reviewed February 2023 for Theatre Matters.
Whilst the magical English nanny Mary Poppins is known and loved globally, she could be considered a true blue Aussie. Not only was her creator P. L. Travers born in Maryborough, Queensland (as was I and a few generations of my family) but her stage producer, Sir Cameron Mackintosh (Cats, Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera), wrote the first draft of the stage version in Australia.
B at the Bows 