Melbourne Reviews

Details: Doug Knight; 26 March 2023

Published shortly after his death in 1995, Holding the Man went on to win the UN Human Rights Award for Non-fiction the same year and continues to hold a special place in the broken hearts of the many who have read it.

Details: Doug Knight; 25 March 2023

The collective energy of some supremely talented theatre craftspeople combines here to deliver a high octane and genuinely high-end production.

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 24 March 2023

Visits from interstate dance companies are an infrequent treat, so to have South Australian company Restless here twice in one year feels like an embarrassment of riches.

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 21 March 2023

For sixty years old, The Australian Ballet is looking pretty darn good. Opening its 2023 season with a sparky and energized Don Quixote, the company is in very great stead.

Details: Heather Bloom; 20 March 2023

The story of American Idiot is a little dated and had some strong tones of narcissism from its lead characters (but hey who wasn’t narcissistic in their early 20s?!).

Details: Nicholas Routley; 27 February 2023

MSO's opening concert for this year, titled Zenith of Life, began with a gentle, reflective new piece by their composer in residence, Mary Finsterer.

Details: Doug Knight; 22 February 2023

Sunday is one of the best things the Melbourne Theatre Company has done in some time and even with an impossibly short extension, it deservedly sold out.

Details: Cait Coffey-Wong; 21 February 2023

The numbers were hit after hit, and the arrangements done to fit the production offered a slightly fresh take that married well with the evoked nostalgia.

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