Theatre First

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Synopsis

A companion podcast to Movies First, with all things Theatre relatedreviews and more from the world of the live stage. Presented by respected reviewer Alex First

Episodes

  • Happy End - Victorian Opera (Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne Australia) (Review)

    25/03/2022 Duration: 03min

    Theatre First Episode 324Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Happy End – Playhouse Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia Slapstick humour characterises a little staged and decidedly different style of saints and sinners musical.Victorian Opera’s Happy End is set in America in 1919.The storyline sees the Salvation Army come face to face with gangsters.For more information visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/movies-first/p/blog/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia

  • An American In Paris (Arts Centre, Melbourne Australia) (review)

    23/03/2022 Duration: 04min

    Theatre First Episode 323Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).An American In Paris – Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia Once you learn that Robbie Fairchild was a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet you can understand why he glides so effortlessly across the stage in a stellar display as the centrepiece of An American in Paris. For more information visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/movies-first/p/blog/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia

  • Yentl (Arts Centre Melbourne Australia) (Review)

    22/03/2022 Duration: 04min

    Theatre First Episode 322Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Yentl – Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia An original English and Yiddish adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy, Kadimah’s full length play is a lively representation of the spiritual and moral dilemma at the heart of the tale.For more information visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/movies-first/p/blog/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #podcast

  • Next To Normal (Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne Australia) (Review)

    22/03/2022 Duration: 04min

    Theatre First Episode 321Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Next to Normal – Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, Australia The Tony Award Winning Musical DramaThis electric musical drama stars Queenie van de Zandt in the leading role of Diana Goodman, the matriarch of a modern-day family traumatised by loss and the unpredictable effects sparked by her Bipolar diagnosis.For more information visit https://chapeloffchapel.com.au/show/next-to-normal/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com #theatre #stage #reviews #m

  • Admissions (MTC) (Melbourne Australia) (review)

    14/03/2022 Duration: 05min

    Theatre First Episode 320Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Admissions – MTC, Melbourne, Australia Starring Kat Stewart (Heisenberg) alongside Heidi Arena (Born Yesterday), Simon Maiden (A View from the Bridge), William McKenna (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and Deidre Rubenstein (Shakespeare in Love), Admissions is a scorching satire that holds a mirror up to privilege and power through the lens of the education system. Winner of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Play, it’s both deliberately provocative and caustically funny as it takes a subversive side-swipe at hypocritical good intentions.For more information visit https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/season-2022/admissions/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker e

  • Nothing (fortyfivedownstairs) (Melbourne, Australia) (review)

    09/03/2022 Duration: 04min

    Theatre First Episode 319Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Nothing – fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia A riveting adaptation of Janne Teller’s award-winning novel, now considered a modern classic.When Pierre Anthon smugly declares there’s no meaning to life, he leaves his ninth-grade classroom, climbs a plum tree, and stays there. To prove to him that life is full of worth his classmates make a ‘pile of meaning’ and sacrifice things of great importance; Dungeons & Dragons books, a fishing rod, a pair of green sandals, a pet hamster… Then, events start to take a morbid twist as each offering becomes more extreme. And what if, after all these sacrifices, the pile still isn’t meaningful enough to bring Pierre Anthon down?For more information visit https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/nothing/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Pod

  • Phantasmagoria (Theatre Works - Melbourne, Australia) (Review)

    06/03/2022 Duration: 03min

    Theatre First Episode 318Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Phantasmagoria – Theatre Works, Melbourne, Australia PHANTASMAGORIA explores the complex relationship between a woman and her violent father long after he has passed away. Briony unearths her father’s childhood experiences in Sri Lanka, his brutal World War 2 history in Burma, migration, alcoholism, and his family’s eventual escape from him. Using a lens of magic realism, the work plunges beneath a seemingly everyday domestic space to reveal family secrets, hauntings and complex emotional landscapes.For more information visit https://www.theatreworks.org.au/program/phantasmagoria For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends.

  • Tommy (Palais Theatre) (Melbourne Australia) (Review)

    23/02/2022 Duration: 04min

    Theatre First Episode 317Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Tommy – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia An electrifying fusion of theatre and rock ’n’ roll, the Australian premiere of The Who's Tommy is set to blow the roof off Melbourne's rock 'n' roll stomping ground, St Kilda's Palais Theatre.In 1969, The Who's rock opera concept album, Tommy, was a groundbreaking success that sold over 20 million copies and revolutionised how rock'n'roll fused with theatrical works like film, opera and musicals.For more information visit https://palaistheatre.com.au/whats-on/whos-tommy-0 For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS

  • Stardust + The Mission (Chapel Off Chapel) (Melbourne, Australia) Review

    19/02/2022 Duration: 04min

    Theatre First Episode 316Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Stardust + The Mission – Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, Australia Two powerful yet forgotten Australian stories uncovering our past to reveal who we are today.STARDUST tells the story of bandleader and trumpet player Col Brain.THE MISSION follows “Fighting Gunditjmara” man Allan McDonald off to war.For more information visit https://chapeloffchapel.com.au/show/stardust-the-mission-double-bill/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia For more podcasts visi

  • Music (The MC Showroom, Melbourne Australia) Review

    18/02/2022 Duration: 04min

    Theatre First Episode 315Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Music – The MC Showroom, Melbourne, Australia Two actors researching a theatre project befriend a seemingly quiet and ordinary man named Adam. In reality, Adam’s lifestyle is carefully planned — a precarious tightrope-walk over his mental illness. Now, Adam’s new friends are at risk of throwing his life dangerously off balance, and there’s every chance they’ll go down with him..For more information visit https://www.themcshowroom.com/whatson/music-by-jane-bodie For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed

  • Death of a Salesman (Hearth Theatre) (Melbourne, Australia) Review

    15/02/2022 Duration: 05min

    Theatre First Episode 314Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Death of a Salesman – Hearth Theatre, Melbourne, Australia Rediscover one of the greatest plays of the 20th Century, Arthur Miller’s heartbreaking masterpiece Death of a Salesman, brought to life by an extraordinary ensemble of actors in the intimate setting of fortyfivedownstairs.For more information visit https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/death-of-a-salesman/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australiaFor more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.co

  • Grace (Red Stitch Theatre) (Melbourne, Australia) Review

    15/02/2022 Duration: 03min

    Theatre First Episode 313Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Grace – Red Stitch Theatre, Melbourne, Australia Three women. Three generations. One long weekend in Copenhagen. Emma has finally ‘made it’. She is about to receive the Hans Christian Award – the ‘Little Nobel Prize’ of children’s fiction. With her mother, Beth, by her side to share in the moment, Emma is ready to celebrate the pinnacle of her career in a luxury Copenhagen hotel. But an unexpected visitor disrupts Emma’s plans and threatens to upend her future. In a land of fairytales, three women discover and rediscover the power of stories – those we tell ourselves and those who make us who we are. For more information visit https://www.redstitch.net/grace-2022 For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Sprea

  • Fun Home (MTC) (Melbourne, Australia) Review

    14/02/2022 Duration: 05min

    Theatre First Episode 312Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Fun Home – MTC, Melbourne, Australia Based on Alison Bechdel’s bestselling graphic novel about growing up and coming out, this groundbreaking multi-Tony Award-winning musical arrives in Melbourne following its acclaimed Sydney season.For more information visit https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/season-2022/fun-home/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #mtc

  • I'm Yours, Maddy (MC Showroom) (Melbourne Australia) Review

    13/02/2022 Duration: 02min

    Theatre First Episode 311Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).I’m Yours Maddy – MC Showroom, Melbourne, Australia Come along with Maddy, a distinguished young Melbourne Performer and Choreographer, in this hour long Burlesque Comedy Cabaret. I’M YOURS, MADDY is a risqué, poetic and sometimes crass love letter to Sex and Dating. Through the old fashioned lens of swing music and burlesque Maddy explores modern issues around woman’s rights, sexual health and taboo social issues. A feminist take on sex that proves that orgasms are not just for men anymore, and will have you screaming, and sometimes squirming, for more.For more information visit https://www.themcshowroom.com/whatson/im-yours-maddy For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Thea

  • Touching the Void (MTC Melbourne, Australia) Review

    27/01/2022 Duration: 03min

    Theatre First Episode 310Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Touching The Void – MTC , Melbourne, Australia Based on a true story, Touching the Void will transport you to the snow-capped peaks and glacial crevasses of the Peruvian Andes for a jaw-dropping adventure starring Helpmann Award winner Lucy Durack alongside Joe Klocek and Karl Richmond.For more information visit: https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/season-2022/touching-the-void/ For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia

  • Jagged Little Pill - (Comedy Theatre, Melbourne Australia) Review

    18/01/2022 Duration: 04min

    Theatre First Episode 309Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Jagged Little Pill (The Musical) – Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Australia With music and lyrics by Alanis Morissette and an original story written by Oscar Award winner Diablo Cody (Juno, Tully), this explosive production is Directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Waitress, Pippin), Movement Direction and Choreography by Olivier Award winner Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Music Supervision, Orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt.You live, you learn, you remember what it’s like to feel truly human at JAGGED LITTLE PILL..For more information visit: https://www.jaggedmusical.com For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, pl

  • Oracle (Arts Centre, Melbourne Australia) Review

    08/01/2022 Duration: 03min

    Theatre First Episode 308Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Oracle – Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia From the creative team behind the award winning Matador and the critically acclaimed Mansion, comes their latest fusion of circus, burlesque, dance and contemporary storytelling. This is one for the gods!Since the beginning of time, humankind, gods and goddesses alike, have all looked up to the stars in an attempt to draw meaning from the Universe. In doing so, prophecies, myths and tales have been told; tales of monsters, mermaids and other mythical creatures. Of powerful goddesses, and vengeful gods, of heroes and beautiful maidens. Tales of a decadent time, of love and lust, of bravery and sacrifice. Tales and legends that birthed the star constellations of the Zodiac signs we know today.For more information visit: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=ORACLE21 Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed For more Theatre rev

  • Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies (Australian Shakespeare Company, Melbourne Australia) Review

    05/01/2022 Duration: 03min

    Theatre First Episode 307Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies – Australian Shakespeare Company, Melbourne, Australia In an enchanting world of song and dance, the adventurous Tinkerbell meets up with the fairies from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Together, the cheeky Mustardseed, fluttery Moth, daring Cobweb and sweet Peaseblossom go on a magical quest with Tinkerbell.The audience is invited to dress up and join in the fun! Come as a fairy, an elf, a Jedi, pirate or a superhero! Everyone is welcome to join this sparkling adventure with a special visit to ‘Bubble Land’ to help Tinkerbell and her new fairy friends find her lost wings.For more information visit: https://www.shakespeareaustralia.com.au/shows/tinkerbell-and-the-dream-fairies Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all goo

  • Wind in the Willows (Royal Botanic Gardens) (Melbourne Australia) (Review)

    04/01/2022 Duration: 03min

    Theatre First Episode 306Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Wind in the Willows – Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia Join Ratty, Mole, Badger, Otter, Portly, and, of course, Mr Toad as they bring Glenn Elston’s adaption of Kenneth Grahame’s immortal story of life on the riverbank to the stage.This critically acclaimed outdoor theatre production delivers music, songs and laughs. There is fun for young and old as the Head Chief Rabbit transforms the audience into rabbits with a waggle of the ears and a wiggle of the nose. The young ‘rabbits’ are encouraged to get involved in the action and are given every opportunity to scream out loud, sing along and become part of the adventure. With laughs and surprises for children and adults, this is interactive theatre at its best.For more information visit: https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/melbourne-gardens/what-s-on-melbourne/the-wind-in-the-willows/ Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed For m

  • Moulin Rouge! The Musical - Regent Theatre, Melbourne Australia (the @TheatreFirst Review)

    08/12/2021 Duration: 04min

    Theatre First Episode 304Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Regent Theatre, Melbourne, Australia The tale of the beautiful and notorious courtesan Satine, who falls in love with the aspiring writer Christian. Directed by Alex Timbers (Peter and the Starcatcher) and choreographed by Sonya Tayeh (“So You Think You Can Dance”), with a book by John Logan (Gladiator) and musical arrangements and orchestrations by Justin Levine (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson).For more information visit: https://moulinrougemusical.com/Theatre First RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/4988589/episodes/feed For more Theatre reviews from Alex, visit https://www.bitesz.com/show/theatre-first/ Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appre

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