review - Submitted by Malcolm Sanders on Tuesday, 23rd Aug 2011
TP Rating:
3
Venue:
Geelong Performing Arts Centre
The annual feast of Europop that is the Eurovision Song Contest is a wonderful guilty pleasure for many people. This campy mixture of pop songs and kitsch has been captured hilariously in Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision.
I have a lot of time for minimalist theatre. While I'll always have a soft spot for gorgeous aesthetics and impressive production values, there is something deeply satisfying in seeing a production which says to hell with the smoke and mirrors, and dares to strip the work back to its bare bones.
review - Submitted by Emma Kathryn on Monday, 22nd Aug 2011
TP Rating:
3
Venue:
Phoenix Theatre Elwood
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is one of a wave of upbeat musicals which have appeared in the last decade. It has been very popular since its inception in 2004, and this production shows why. The fun, light-hearted musical, relatively short in length, has a cheerful and very straightforward plot.