Review: The Mentor (Theatre Works/Bravo Arts)
This play about two actors at opposite ends of their careers is a persuasive peek behind the scenes.
Patricia Maunder has been an arts journalist since the 1990s, interviewing the likes of Sir Andrew Davis and Renée Fleming, and contributing to publications such as The Age and Opera (UK). Based in Melbourne, she’s passionate about opera, theatre and anything Baroque.
This play about two actors at opposite ends of their careers is a persuasive peek behind the scenes.
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is showing its age, despite a zingy new production and great performances by Euan Fistrovic Doidge, Paulini and a talented children's ensemble.
An unsubtly fierce, fun mix of Shakespearean-era fact and contemporary feminist speculation.
Richard Mills’ take on a timeless Chinese love story finally gets its world premiere.
Two recent chamber operas exploring difficult subjects make their Australian premieres.
Virginia Gay’s adaptation of the French classic is truly, madly, deeply modern.
An excellent cast and orchestra showcased Wagner’s rich score in this one-off concert of the third opera in his Ring Cycle.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
Catherine Foster makes a stunning Australian debut in a concert of Strauss’ Greek tragedy.
Helena Dix dazzles in this bel canto rarity, given a clever House of Gucci makeover.
It’s hard enough for an opera company to survive without government funding, but staging Wagner’s Ring Cycle is something else. We trace the history of Melbourne Opera, which is presenting Australia’s first regional Ring Cycle in Bendigo.
It’s sexism versus the modern woman in this powerful new play by Suzie Miller, inspired by Anna Karenina.
It’s impossible to resist this original Broadway production’s big hairdos and even bigger feel-good energy.