Given the quality of the opening night cast and performance, there is a strong temptation to attend other performances to experience the various interpretations, writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS of "Carmen".
The blood-letting in this production is quite restrained. It was a wise choice, allowing us to use our imaginations on the details instead, writes reviewer LEN POWER.
Mezzo soprano Angela Hogan plays Carmen in a new production updated from the 1870s to Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s socially conservative 1950s Spain.
“THE Owl and the Pussycat” has always been one of my very favourite poems, but I never thought I’d see it as an opera," writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
In a high-camp assault on conventional good taste, the Hayes Theatre Co will soon be coming to Canberra from Sydney with a production of “American Psycho: The Musical”.
"Kiss Me Kate" at The Q gets the thumbs up from reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
“Come From Away” is heart-warming entertainment in spades presented in an upmarket performance style that obviously resonated with the audience, says reviewer HELEN MUSA.
Director Michael Moore loves “Kiss Me, Kate” because it represents the golden era of musicals, but he also sees it as an opportunity to bring it into the 21st century.
It was message understood as Canberra’s first all transgender original musical opened its season.
Free Rain Theatre has assembled an outstanding cast of experienced local musical theatre performers for this production of "Mamma Mia!", writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
There's a buzz around the national capital and, it's hoped, the nation, with news that Canberra-based theatre guide and ticketing platform, Stagecenta, has released a theatre-specific app.
What's what and who's who in the arts this week? Here's HELEN MUSA's weekly "Arts in the City" column.
An ill-judged April Fool’s email has sent shock waves around the local musical theatre community, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Well-known for her "trouser roles", mezzo-soprano Catherine Carby will play Sesto in National Opera's “La Clemenza di Tito”.
You don’t have to be 14 to enjoy “Fangirls”. Whether you've been 14, or are going to be 14, you shouldn’t miss this brilliant production, writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
On a bare stage with minimal set pieces, director Glynis Stokes has produced a highly enjoyable show with a large, enthusiastic cast of young performers, writes reviewer LEN POWER.
Sadly, the lack of anything of quality in the music department meant there was no rising in this show; it was but a soggy, deflated mess, writes reviewer IAN McLEAN about “Margaret Fulton the Musical”.
“It’s pure theatre, it’s wild and it’s super-charged with the idea that teenage girls can achieve anything if they put their minds to it,” says "Fangirls" director Paige Rattray.
“Mention it to anyone over the age of 21 and they’ll give you a blank look, but mention it to any 15-year-old and they’ll know exactly what you’re talking about.” Here comes "Be More Chill".
