An unforgettable gig by an artist on the rise
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Melbourne live reviews

An unforgettable gig by an artist on the rise

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Forest Claudette at the Night Cat,G Flip at the Forum,the glamorous Moulin Rouge! The Musical,Julius Caesar and more.

  • byKate Jones,Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Andrew Fuhrmann,Kate Herbert,Tony Way,Vyshnavee Wijekumar andJessica Nicholas

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‘It looks like there’s money dripping off the stage’:Moulin Rouge returns to Melbourne
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‘It looks like there’s money dripping off the stage’:Moulin Rouge returns to Melbourne

Bert LaBonté joins the cast of the acclaimed stage musical in its encore season – and he’s blown away by its energy and acrobatic prowess.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
This play will make you think twice about what you tell your hairdresser
Melbourne live reviews

This play will make you think twice about what you tell your hairdresser

This wrap of live shows includes Monument,Escalator,Guys and Dolls,Escaped Alone and What If If Only,an anniversary performance by The Beasts and more.

  • byKate Herbert,Andrew Fuhrmann,Sonia Nair,Tony Way andMartin Boulton
Eddie Perfect’s Broadway hit Beetlejuice heads home to haunt Australia
Stage shows

Eddie Perfect’s Broadway hit Beetlejuice heads home to haunt Australia

In 2018,the musical comedy based on Tim Burton’s 1988 movie opened in Washington before moving to New York. Finally,it is making its way Down Under.

  • byKarl Quinn
Time warp,again:Rocky Horror is unchanged after 50 years – but that’s how we like it
★★★
Perth

Time warp,again:Rocky Horror is unchanged after 50 years – but that’s how we like it

Don’t expect any hip updates to Richard O’Brien’s 1973 musical,but that is entirely its charm.

  • byMark Naglazas
Local act shows Aussie women are doing punk better than the blokes
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Sydney live reviews

Local act shows Aussie women are doing punk better than the blokes

Reviews of all the best shows in Sydney this week,including Cable Ties,Murder for Two at Hayes Theatre,The Weekend at Belvoir and La Gioconda in Concert.

  • byJoyce Morgan,Peter McCallum,Vaanie Krishnan andShamim Razavi
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The Gold Coast’s answer to Vivid is a truly unique Australian festival
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The Gold Coast’s answer to Vivid is a truly unique Australian festival

For its 12th year,Bleach has designed a festival for locals,which includes them in the process of making art.

  • byHannah Story
Sweeney Todd is the perfect show to get your loved ones into musicals
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Sydney live reviews

Sweeney Todd is the perfect show to get your loved ones into musicals

A wrap of the best live shows in Sydney,from theatre shows The Turn of the Screw,Fade,Tim and Sweeney Todd to Eagles of Death Metal and Jeonghwan Kim.

  • byJohn Shand,James Jennings,Harriet Cunningham,Cassie Tongue andPeter McCallum
It’s all right,mama:A bright,funny Elvis musical for the whole family
★★★
Perth

It’s all right,mama:A bright,funny Elvis musical for the whole family

This jukebox musical about a hip-swivelling musician who shakes up an Eisenhower-era Mid-western town doesn’t capture the Elvis earthquake,but All Shook Up is a hunk,a hunk brightly coloured fun.

  • byMark Naglazas
Reuben Kaye makes triumphant return to Sydney after Project backlash
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Reuben Kaye makes triumphant return to Sydney after Project backlash

A wrap of the week’s live reviews,including Reuben Kaye,Bad//Dreems,Middle Kids,Romeo and Juliet,City of Angels and Live at the Great:8 Seasons.

  • byJohn Shand,Harriet Cunningham,James Jennings,Lenny Ann Low andBernard Zuel
Arnhem Land’s King Stingray win hearts and minds in Sydney,including the PM’s
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Arnhem Land’s King Stingray win hearts and minds in Sydney,including the PM’s

A wrap of the week’s live reviews,including Opera Australia’s Aida,Benefactors,the Beauty and the Beast musical,Ensemble Offspring and King Stingray.

  • byPeter McCallum,John Shand,Harriet Cunningham andMillie Muroi