by Michael Coghlan | Jan 1, 2017 | Live Music, Musical Theatre, Reviews, Theatre
Festival Theatre, Sat 31 Dec. Dusty Springfield was born into a strict Catholic family as Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien. She was considered a plump and plain redhead with enough musical talent to accompany her older brother at family show and tells. Mary,...
by Rosie van Heerde | Feb 26, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
Holden Street Theatres’ The Studio, Wed Feb 25 Penned by Australian playwright Maxine Mellor, Anna Robi & the House of Dogs is unapologetically ‘in your face’ for the entire time. The Studio stage is littered with newspaper and dominated by the double bed shared...
by Jenny Thompson | Jun 26, 2014 | Entertainment, Live Music, Reviews, Theatre
Festival Theatre, Wed Jun 25 It’s Melinda Schneider’s voice which carries this show: warm, rich and powerful – like Doris Day herself. Schneider’s keen to point out, however, that her show isn’t an impersonation of the 90-year-old film legend, which leaves her free to...