Anne-Marie spent many years working with amazing artists as a producer/manager/programmer at arts festivals all over Australia, but this left her with no time to go to the theatre; so, she became a freelance writer.
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Oh my god Oh my god, you guys I liked Legally Blonde I was so surprised! I really didn’t think it was going to be my kind of show Oh My God! Honesty, no one thought that I was going to like Legally Blonde: The Musical, least of all me – but…
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How I Learned to Drive won writer Paula Vogel the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1988. If you want to learn about American theatre, the list of Pulitzer winners is a fine place to start. This is a beautifully written work about a harrowing subject that finds a sympathy and forgiveness…
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I’ll always see a new Joanna Murray-Smith play. She’s one of Melbourne’s most commercially successful playwrights and she writes terrific jokes about being middle class in Melbourne. Her latest, True Minds at the MTC, is the theatrical equivalent of a black-and-white romcom that you’re happy to watch every time it’s repeated on…
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When the techie has to start the applause at the end of a show, you know it wasn’t a good night. I missed the super supportive opening night of Red Stitch’s About Tommy, so saw it with regular punters and it was one of those nights when something was missing. Tommy is…
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I’d not heard of the Ward Theatre Company, but they sent me a snail mail invitation that had black butterflies on it, so I had to see them. If sending a cute invite was all it took me to see this show, let’s hope that your reading of even this…
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It was back-to-back Verdi for me this week. Opera Australia are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth by performing six of his 30 operas this year. Melbourne gets two: Aida and A Masked Ball. Both celebrate the grand traditions of opera with big music, outrageous plots, huge ensembles (there really are non-singing…
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Who wouldn’t want to watch a sitcom about three magicians who live together and practice law? Somehow Alex, Luke and Vyom’s show gets cancelled, but as luck would have it, the morning TV hosts have died and Magic Mornings is going Live to Air and even I’d consider getting up in the morning…
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Song is described as theatre without actors and songs without singers. From Melbourne’s Ranters theatre, it’s an unexpected project from a company known for their exquisite writing and acting. Ranter’s Adriano Cortese and Brazilian visual artist Laura Lima worked with UK composer James Tyson to create a piece of live art that doesn’t feel…
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Hot Box. Karin’s got one. I’ve got one. So do you. It’s that slightly awkward place where we feel hot enough to blend in with the crowd. The first great thing about Hot Box is that it’s at the new, super cute Butterfly Club. The club’s fluttered from South Melbourne to the city,…
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Sondheim fans don’t need anyone to convince them to see a production of Assassins, and they are selling out fortyfivedownstairs every night to see new a company, Watch This, take aim and fire. Assassins was first produced Off-Broadway in 1990 and at London’s Donmar Warhouse in 1992, the MTC showed it to Melbourne in…
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