Reviews

The magic that happens when human voices harmonise is one of life’s great mysteries and thrills. Combine that with classic Disco tunes and you have a very special musical treat. QPAC’s Chamber Choir of more than 50 voices have been busy channelling the spirit of New York’s infamous Studio 54 to create a fabulous night of entertainment in their Studio ‘24 celebration of Disco – the music that gets mirror balls spinning and toes tapping.

Steel Magnolias, Robert Harling’s dramatic tribute to the strength of women in the Southern United States, is somewhat of a modern classic. Garrick Theatre’s latest production is a warm, feel-good production, with a lovely ensemble cast.

A late addition to Koorliny Arts Centre’s season, with a short run, and a young director, it would be forgivable if Dracula: A Comedy of Terror was an average show. Instead, this wacky, campy little comedy is one of the best surprise packages (and maybe best kept secrets) of 2024.

Frenzy Theatre Company presents an all-singing-all-dancing, parodic, satiric retelling – or ‘reimagining’ - of the ‘classic’ 13th century fairytale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin.  It has been devised, concocted and assembled by the breath-taking, amazingly all-shapes-and-sizes female and non-binary cast of twenty-four (too many to name here – check the program).  There are acrobats, comedians, musicians, singers, dancers (or combinations of all these), and they are by necessity quick-change artists too.