Reviews

Melbourne ballet fans were ready for Graeme Murphy’s brand new ballet, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince to open the Australian Ballet’s season this year. However, with only weeks to go, illness forced the postponement of this ballet until 2020.  Instead, Melbourne gets the chance to see this fabulous version of Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella. 

It is hard to believe that Peter Weir’s seminal film Picnic at Hanging Rock first came to our screens 44 years ago.

Now regarded as one of Australia’s classic films, it has gone on to be adapted for television, and was first adapted for stage only three years ago by Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre in an interesting production which had five female actors play all the roles – male and female.

WAAPA’s Third Year Musical Theatre students present Company, in a crisp, clean and clever production that is delighting its capacity audiences.

A great looking show, it features a streamlined set by student designer Ashlea Lansford, evocative and effective lighting design by Rhys Pottinger, top notch sound design by Noah Ivulich and thoughtful costume design by Monique Doubleday - the wedding dress is especially gorgeous.

Dance Nation is a terrific show that is riddled with spontaneous full-bellied laughs.  Nine consummate actors work as an ensemble to unleash their inner pubescent selves, to play the mostly girls of a small town dance school, striving to shine and win an ever more prestigious series of interstate dance competitions.