3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (389+ words) Australian arts & entertainment reviews Imagine making an occult-driven musical from the misfortune of a group of high school children losing their lives in a tragic Big Dipper incident. Your first reaction would surely be how dreadfully inappropriate, downright maudlin and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (429+ words) It has been tucked away for the best part of 50 years, but thankfully Victorian Opera has revived a quintessentially Australian musical about bushranger Ned Kelly. With book and lyrics by Reg Livermore AO, the story in the company’s new production…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (766+ words) The full Melbourne Skydeck, the Edge, Voyager theatre and Eureka 89’s Altitude dining experience (Journey Beyond) – fine dining, viewing platform and virtual reality review theblurb.com.au If you are looking for a sensational night out, look no further than…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (170+ words) theblurb.com.au Breaking up is hard to do. So it goes, as Karin McCracken and Simon Leary put on a most entertaining sketch comedy show, peppered with science and some musical numbers. In so doing, they unpack the angst…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (253+ words) Australian arts & entertainment reviews Korean director Yeon sang-ho (Train To Busan, 2016) returns to the zombie genre with the entertaining Colony. Here he replaces the train setting with the claustrophobic confines of a multi-storey business tower that houses a mix of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (764+ words) A Year Without Summer, at Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne, as part of the RISING Festival – theatre review theblurb.com.au Austrian choreographer and performance artist Florentina Holzinger isn’t known for holding back So it is when 24 naked women â…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (302+ words) Encore! Songs From The Musicals (Opera Australia), at Regent Theatre – musical theatre review theblurb.com.au Magnificent, rich, rounded voices against the backdrop of musical excellence Clarity of sound, stunning solos, delicious duets and rousing three-part harmonies The six artistes…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (236+ words) Australian arts & entertainment reviews Melodic, witty, satiric and joyfully absurd, dramatist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan collaborated on 14 comic operas between 1871 and 1896. Among the best known are H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Music from these, I am…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (321+ words) theblurb.com.au What a privilege it was to be in the audience at the Regent Theatre to celebrate all that is grand in opera, at Opera Australia’s 70th Anniversary Gala Indeed, it was a very special occasion, introduced by…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (115+ words) theblurb.com.au Bullying, teenage angst, toxic relationships and murder might hardly seem material conducive to a cult following, but if you think that, you don’t know Heathers. First came the original 1988 film starring Winona Ryder and then the musical…...