Reviews

Boys will be boys, unless they are played a female and non-binary cast in drag in State Theatre Company/Soft Tread’s latest production Trophy Boys!

Written by Emmanuelle Mattana at just 21 years old, it is a masterful piece of writing! Over a all too short 70 minutes, we are introduced to four St Imperium Private School boys who are in their one-hour prep window to go toe-to-toe with their sister school in the Interschool Debating Grand Finals.

What was Timothy Chamalet talking about? Opera (and ballet) might an artform that that he doesn’t care much about – but at the opening night of Opera Australia’s latest production the enthusiasm of the audience was palpable.

A stunning looking production, lots of nice tunes, set to tale of young love, dashed hopes, and men behaving badly, made this a delicious mix. My plus one made the comment that this production rocked.

The curtains open on the Old Mill Theatre’s A Song at Twilight to reveal a stunningly beautiful set, that sets the standard for this Noël Coward classic.

The action in this play runs essentially in real time, over the course of a single evening in a luxurious lake-side Swiss Hotel, within the regular suite of Hugh Latimer and his wife Hilde. When an old flame of Hugo’s comes to meet him for dinner in his suite, what could possibly go wrong?

Melville Theatre’s Brassed Off is a unique production, with Melville Theatre Company working with Challenge Brass Band, under the leadership of Blake Seglar, to provide the brass band of the story. Sitting nicely in accidental repertory with Koorliny’s Billy Elliot, which covers similar theme, this is a strong production whose reputation has preceded it, with the production largely sold out before it opened.