Melbourne undies on stage at Tom Jones? It’s still not unusual

Melbourne undies on stage at Tom Jones? It’s still not unusual

Tom Jones has been touring for six decades,but his arena show was anything but nostalgia.

  • byWill Cox,Cameron Woodhead andTony Way

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Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?
★★★★½
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Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?

Our reviewers give their verdict on acts all over town from the No Pay,No Way,Carmen,Chris Isaak and Grease.

  • byJohn Shand,Peter McCallum,Harriet Cunningham,Chantal Nguyen andShamim Razavi
He was playing the ‘wrong’ instrument – but nailed the concert anyway
★★★★★
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He was playing the ‘wrong’ instrument – but nailed the concert anyway

Listeners were dazzled with the dizzying accuracy of Vikingur Olafsson’s fast hand-crossing,which was made far more perilous on a modern piano.

  • byTony Way andCameron Woodhead
This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

Farewell Lady Autumn at La Mama is inspired by the life of Qiu Jin,who was executed after being implicated in a failed assassination plot.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Kosa Monteith,Jessica Nicholas,Barney Zwartz andTyson Wray
Gladys Knight,Empress of soul sings her final goodbye to Australia

Gladys Knight,Empress of soul sings her final goodbye to Australia

Our critics take in some of the latest shows around town,including Gladys Knight,West Side Story,Faure’s Requiem,Wilco and Jessica Mauboy.

  • byJohn Shand,Michael Ruffles,Bernard Zuel andPeter McCallum
This three-course menu pairs the wine perfectly with its cocaine-addled chef

This three-course menu pairs the wine perfectly with its cocaine-addled chef

‘Gluttony:A Play in Three Courses’ offers an immersive performance as part of Melbourne’s Food&Wine Festival. Don’t worry,your only participation requirement is enjoying the food.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Andrew Fuhrmann andBarney Zwartz
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This festival has the best,and worst,shows in Australia – that’s why I keep going back

This festival has the best,and worst,shows in Australia – that’s why I keep going back

A safe program is a dull program. You get exceptional shows by pushing at boundaries – the price of that,however,is that occasionally one will fall flat.

  • byElizabeth Flux
A night of ‘blazing splendour’ from Sydney Symphony

A night of ‘blazing splendour’ from Sydney Symphony

Our critics take a look at the latest shows around town.

  • byPeter McCallum,Cassie Tongue andHarriet Cunningham
After a blistering Golden Plains set,this duo sets out to conquer Melbourne

After a blistering Golden Plains set,this duo sets out to conquer Melbourne

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Gaslight,Mahler 3,The Streets,Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul,and The Human League.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Barney Zwartz,Cameron Woodhead,Nadia Bailey andAndrew McClelland