Even though Rock of Ages has been playing a little while now in Melbourne, I hadn’t rushed to see it. A jukebox musical of ’80s rock didn’t seem to be the winning combination in my mind. Regardless, we snapped up some cheap tickets when the opportunity came along and saw the show at the delightfully … See the full post
Though my ticket said I was seeing Opera Australia’s production of The Mikado, but it sure felt like a masterclass in comedy delivered by Mitchell Butel, in one of many absurd wigs and funny glasses as Ko-Ko. The Mikado is a sentimental favourite for mine. I saw an amateur production very early in my self-initiated … See the full post
I’m always in a mood after seeing an Andrew Lloyd Webber show, and it’s not the same mood that the throngs of red-jacketed old ladies around me are in, swooning about the romance and music. Instead, I’m usually perplexed and how work so flawed can attract so many intelligent people. I just saw a preview … See the full post
