Reviews

The Australian premiere of The Pirate Queen musical has docked in Melbourne with grandeur, heart, and a fiercely talented creative team. This is a coup for MLOC as part of their 80th year celebrations, performing this largely unknown but equally exciting musical from the composers that gave us Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, and the producers of the phenomenon that is Riverdance.

Beanstalk is a gorgeous piece of family entertainment that has returned  to Spare Parts Puppet Theatre these school holidays to delight a whole new cohort of children. Written and performed by Sam Longley, it tells the story of Jack and the Beanstalk from the Giant’s point of view, revealing lots more about The Giant and his world in the process.

Mamma Mia! Here we go again. With many productions of Mamma Mia! In Perth in the last decade or so, you might think that this city would have lost their enthusiasm for this ABBA tribute musical. HAMA’s latest big production, playing at the Regal Theatre, proves that there are still plenty of people keen to see this show again, and HAMA is ready with a well-produced, well directed musical, peopled with a fabulous cast.

Hir is a wild, confronting play about a decaying middle American family of four, each groping through some transition.

Disgraced soldier Isaac arrives back from Afghanistan to find his once orderly family in complete chaos - clothes strewn everywhere, the kitchen abandoned, walls pitted with holes and his once controlling Dad, Arnold, sleeping in a cardboard box.