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Now this is how you put on a production of Hamlet

Now this is how you put on a production of Hamlet

Director Iain Sinclair has assembled an absolute dream team for this production – and it’s one of the biggest bargains in Melbourne theatre right now.

  • by Cameron Woodhead, Kate Jones, Tony Way and Michael Dwyer

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Megamix of murder and mayhem doesn’t quite kill it

Megamix of murder and mayhem doesn’t quite kill it

Our reviewers give their verdict on the latest shows round town.

  • by John Shand, Joyce Morgan, Shamim Razavi and Frances Howe
Helen Garner says this is the best thing she’s written. But does it work as an opera?

Helen Garner says this is the best thing she’s written. But does it work as an opera?

With a theme leaning so heavily on music, it’s not a surprise The Children’s Bach was adapted into an opera – but does it keep its magic when taken off the page?

  • by Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Bridget Davies, Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way, Jessica Nicholas and Barney Zwartz
This horsey fantasy is clever, funny, irreverent - and also utterly bonkers
★★★½
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This horsey fantasy is clever, funny, irreverent - and also utterly bonkers

Our reviewers cast a critical eye over the latest shows around town.

  • by Chantal Nguyen, Penry Buckley, Frances Howe, Peter McCallum and Harriet Cunningham
Everybody’s talking about ‘grace’. This is how it looks in action

Everybody’s talking about ‘grace’. This is how it looks in action

Directed by Bert LaBonte in his mainstage directorial debut, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog at Melbourne Theatre Company is utterly transfixing.

  • by Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann, Gemma Grant, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Tony Way
The musical whodunnit so good you’ll want to see it twice
★★★★★
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The musical whodunnit so good you’ll want to see it twice

Packing an Agatha Christie-like drawing room mystery into a two-person show, Murder for Two offers up an evening of criminally entertaining musical comedy.

  • by Cameron Woodhead and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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The puppets are chilling in this opera’s classic ghost story
★★★
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The puppets are chilling in this opera’s classic ghost story

Our critics give their verdicts on the latest productions around town.

  • by Kate Prendergast, Chantal Nguyen, Peter McCullum and Harriet Cunningham
If you hate Henry VIII then this is the musical for you

If you hate Henry VIII then this is the musical for you

It would appear that & Juliet has been pipped at the post by Six the Musical for the poppiest show ever inspired by the 16th century.

  • by Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Andrew Fuhrmann, Bridget Davies and Barney Zwartz
These sisters can act - and sing and dance as well
★★★★
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These sisters can act - and sing and dance as well

Our critics deliver their verdicts on the latest shows around town.

  • by John Shand, Michael Bailey, Peter McCallum and Joyce Morgan
Angus & Julia Stone would make a great Angus & Julia Stone covers band
★★★
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Angus & Julia Stone would make a great Angus & Julia Stone covers band

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

  • by Shamim Razavi, Cassie Tongue and Peter McCallum
Any fan of Oscar Wilde should enjoy this salacious twist on his masterpiece

Any fan of Oscar Wilde should enjoy this salacious twist on his masterpiece

This take on The Importance of Being Earnest isn’t just terrific fun, it’s tethered to a deep appreciation of the interplay between Wilde’s biography and his art.

  • by Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas and Andrew Fuhrmann