WHEN an uplifting musical about the late Nelson Mandela arrives at the Canberra Theatre later this month, the audience may well be jumping with joy. For “Madiba the Musical” has a heart-warming message of renewal […]
Musical theatre / “Godspell”. Directed by Emma White. At The Q, Queanbeyan, November 11. Reviewed by BILL STEPHENS
THE postponement, “due to unforeseen circumstances“, of an announcement expected this morning (October 29) about the next major musical coming to Canberra in 2019 has led to wide speculation in the community about what went […]
“EVERYTHING‘s comin’ up roses”, sang musical theatre luminary Geraldine Turner in the Manhattan room at Queanbeyan’s Royal Hotel this morning (October 25). Turner was in town to give some street cred to an announcement by […]
PANTOMIME is a pretty apt metaphor for what’s been going on in Canberra in the last 12 months – and the Sydney Theatre Company’s Wharf Revue has been quick to seize on it. Jonathan Biggins […]
Musical theatre / “Heathers – The Musical”. Directed by Kelly Roberts and Grant Pegg. At Gungahlin Theatre until October 27. Reviewed by BILL STEPHENS
Musical theatre / “Grease: The Arena Experience”. Original musical written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, AIS Arena, until October 14. Reviewed by SAMARA PURNELL.
PEER-group pressure and gross verbal abuse are the heart of a “deliciously dark” musical about to take the stage at Gungahlin College Theatre. It’s one of those contemporary musicals that’s based on a cult movie, […]
“Grease”… the arena experience at Bruce, October 12-14. Photo Credit Glenn Pokorny “GREASE” will be the word at the AIS Arena when the popular musical hits Canberra soon. This showstopper about a girl who learns […]
Musical Theatre / “Shrek the Musical”. Directed by Ylaria Rogers. At The Q, Queanbeyan, until October 14. Reviewed by BILL STEPHENS
“I THINK I got you beat,” Princess Fiona (Laura Murphy) and Shrek (Max Gambale) from “Shrek the Musical” were singing as they competed over whose miserable childhood was the worse. Directed by Ylaria Rogers and […]
THE role of Madame Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San, the tragic heroine of Puccini’s opera, “Madama Butterfly”, is one of the most demanding in the repertoire, but soprano Sharon Zhai is up for it. A fully staged version […]
Musical theatre / “Barnum”. Directed by Anita Davenport. Presented by At Erindale Theatre until September 8. Reviewed by BILL STEPHENS
Musical / “Dogfight”. Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Directed by Zoe O’Leary Cameron. At Belconnen Community Theatre, until August 25. Reviewed by Bill Stephens
THERE’LL be whip cracking and wisecracking, too, when the Hayes Theatre production of the musical “Calamity Jane” rolls into town this month. It began as a tiny production in Sydney’s tiniest (111 seats) theatre, but […]
Musical theatre / “Fame – The Musical”. Directed by Jarrad West; musical direction, Katrina Tang and choreography, Michelle Heine. At The Q, Queanbeyan, until May 26. Reviewed by BILL STEPHENS
“Fame…I’m gonna live forever I’m gonna learn how to fly, high.” SO goes the theme song from “Fame, the Musical”, that 1988 story of life at the High School of Performing Arts in New […]
Cabaret / “Blanc de Blanc”. Director Scott Maidment, musical director Steve Toulmin. At the Fortuna Spiegletent, Canberra Theatre Centre forecourt until May 20. Reviewed by BILL STEPHENS
“HEAR the beat of dancing feet, it’s the song I love, the melody of 42nd Street” go the words from title number “42nd Street”, opening at The Q in Queanbeyan tonight (March 26) with a […]
theatre / “The Book of Mormon”, Lyric Theatre, Star City, until June 30. Reviewed by HELEN MUSA
A NATURAL storyteller from a young age, Eva Warren’s writing journey began as a dream – like most authors – but in the end became a healing activity after losing her husband. “I worked out […]
“What must the Sydney based and essentially nameless and faceless members of the Suburban Land Agency board think of their first year’s effort?” JON STANHOPE doesn’t spare them on Page 3.
IN the dizzying European summer of 1990 a former Canberra public servant took part in a defiant street demonstration in Berlin directed against the looming disappearance of the East German state. The name of this […]
MANIPULATIVE, terrible and fierce, yet William (Billy) McMahon was, until now, the only Australian prime minister who didn’t have a biography written about him. The 250,000-word, 766-page biography, “Tiberius with a Telephone”, by Patrick Mullins […]
3PM UPDATE: MADISON HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE AND WELL, SAY POLICE TEENAGER Madison Clews-Proctor hasn’t been seen since last Thursday, November 8, at her home in Kambah. The 15-year-old contacted her family on Friday but there […]
