Two powerful performances in this Streetcar make it a bare-knuckle fight

Two powerful performances in this Streetcar make it a bare-knuckle fight

In this MTC production Nikki Shiels plays a Blanche DuBois who isn’t mad – her Blanche is quite fun,witty,and as likely to self-deprecate as self-dramatise.

  • byCameron Woodhead andBarney Zwartz

Latest

The ghostly theatre classic you should see at least once in your life
★★★★★
Melbourne live reviews

The ghostly theatre classic you should see at least once in your life

Daniel MacPherson and John Waters star in The Woman in Black – the second-longest running play in London,after Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Nadia Bailey andAndrew McClelland
This moving and vibrant Rising show is a must-watch

This moving and vibrant Rising show is a must-watch

Gurr Era Op,a beautifully composed dance theatre piece,is like a sea breeze:it blows strong and tastes fresh.

  • byAndrew Fuhrmann,Cameron Woodhead,Tony Way andVyshnavee Wijekumar
This play about Julia Gillard will hold your attention,regardless of your politics

This play about Julia Gillard will hold your attention,regardless of your politics

It’s worth seeing this show just to watch Justine Clarke transform into Gillard and,in a thrilling display,deliver the misogyny speech in full.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Andrew Fuhrmann andJessica Nicholas
Dreamy songs,dirty jokes:Engelbert raises roof at sold-out Perth show
Opinion
Perth

Dreamy songs,dirty jokes:Engelbert raises roof at sold-out Perth show

It was at first hard to tell if the 88-year’s voice had held up as the packed house sang along so enthusiastically – but he’s definitely still got the charm.

  • byMark Naglazas
Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney work a charm as The Odd Couple

Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney work a charm as The Odd Couple

It’s the slob versus the neat freak in this Neil Simon classic,in a delightful comic pairing.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Will Cox andTony Way
Advertisement
An amusing take on the perils of living in a share house - in your 30s

An amusing take on the perils of living in a share house - in your 30s

Share-housing in your thirties is so in right now,Jude Perl has created a musical about it.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Barney Zwartz,Cameron Woodhead,Jessica Nicholas,Tony Way andVyshnavee Wijekumar
Beauty and horror collide in this famous exploration of ‘madness’

Beauty and horror collide in this famous exploration of ‘madness’

One of opera’s most famous ‘mad scenes’ is on show in Melbourne Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor.

  • byBridget Davies,Cameron Woodhead,Tony Way andAndrew Fuhrmann
Before Blair Witch,prior to Paranormal,The Woman in Black chilled theatregoers
★★★½
Entertainment

Before Blair Witch,prior to Paranormal,The Woman in Black chilled theatregoers

Theatre’s most successful ghost story enjoys a life after death in this national tour starring John Waters and Daniel MacPherson.

  • byNick Dent
A rare act of impersonation:Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG

A rare act of impersonation:Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG

Inhabiting someone as illustrious as US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is no mean feat,but Mitchell doesn’t just capture her likeness – she captures her spirit.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Nadia Bailey,Jessica Nicholas andVyshnavee Wijekumar
When this play premiered,its actors were arrested for obscenity. Now it’s back

When this play premiered,its actors were arrested for obscenity. Now it’s back

A controversial classic,and a smart contemporary response to it,takes the stage at La Mama in an excellent double bill.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Karl Quinn,Tony Way andSonia Nair