Episodes

July 20, 2019

214: Come From Away (Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 214Come From Away (Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)COME FROM AWAY tells the remarkable true story of thousands of stranded passengers and the small town...
July 19, 2019

213: Shakespeare In Love (Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne, Australia)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 213Shakespeare In Love (Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne, Australia)The Oscar-winning film comes to the stage in a boisterous romantic comedy directed by...
July 19, 2019

212: Pomona (Red Stitch Theatre, Melbourne Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 212Pomona (Red Stitch Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)There’s a secret place right inside the concrete heart of the city. Pomona. Nobody knows what’s in there,...
July 18, 2019

211: Bring It On, The Musical (Australian touring production) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 211Bring It On, The Musical (Melbourne, Australia)Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative minds on Broadway, BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL features an...
July 18, 2019

210: Autocannibal (Theatre Works, Melbourne, Australia) (review)

Autocannibal (Theatre Works, Melbourne, Australia)Why do we do things that we know are bad for us?Addiction, obesity, corruption, over-consumption. On all fronts homo sapiens seem to be intent on wiping themselves out through perplexingly myopic...
July 5, 2019

209: Krapp's Last Tape (fortyfivedownstairs Theatre, Melbourne, Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 209Krapp’s Last Tape (fortyfivedownstairs theatre)Australian satirist and theatre icon Max Gillies teams with award-winning director and long-time Beckett...
July 5, 2019

208: Solaris (Malthouse Theatre) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 208Solaris (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)MYSTERIOUS PLANET. INCOMPREHENSIBLE INTELLIGENCE. GHOSTS OF REGRET.‘Until you experience it,’ said Snow,...
July 1, 2019

207: A Little Night Music (Victorian Opera) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 207A Little Night Music (Victorian Opera)If anyone can bridge the gap between opera and musicals, it is the incomparable Stephen Sondheim. With his...
June 27, 2019

206: Wake In Fright (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 206Wake In Fright (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Australia)John Grant is well-read, but an outback misadventure strands him—cashless and jobless—in a harsh...
June 22, 2019

205: Storm Boy (MTC, Melbourne Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 205Storm Boy (MTC, Melbourne Australia)In a wild and remote area of coastline on South Australia’s Coorong, Storm Boy and his reclusive father live in a...
June 22, 2019

204: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (40th Anniversary Production)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 204Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (40th Anniversary Production)The pre-eminent leading man of Australian musical theatre, Anthony Warlow, is...
June 19, 2019

203: Puttin' On The Ritz (Australian and UK Tour 2019) (review)

Puttin’ On The Ritz (Australian and UK Tour 2019) (review)With a full supporting cast of west end singers and dancers.The spectacular American production of PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ first toured the UK in 2014, where it broke box office records on its...
June 14, 2019

202: Travesties by Tom Stoppard (fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 202Travesties (fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia) (review)Based on the bizarre true story of James Joyce’s 1917 Zurich production of The Importance...
June 11, 2019

201: Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (Emotionworks, Melbourne Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 201Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (Emotionworks, Melbourne, Australia) (review)Emotionworks Cut Opera condenses Mozart’s classic comedy opera and fuses it with 1950’s...
June 8, 2019

200: Drive (Theatre Works, Melbourne Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 200Drive (Theatre Works, Melbourne, Australia) (review)Drive is an exploration of fallen, deviant women set against long stretches of open road. It is...
June 8, 2019

199: Shit (fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 199Shit  (fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia) (review)Winner of four Green Room awards: best production, best writing, best set and costume, and best...
June 3, 2019

Escaped Alone (Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne, Australia) (review)

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 198Escaped Alone (Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne, Australia) (review)A sun-drenched suburban backyard, four older women: Vi, Sally and Lena and the...
June 3, 2019

Disparate Scenes for Millennial Dreams (Meat Market Stables, Melbourne Australia) (review)

Periscope presents a triple bill of brand new short plays commissioned for Meat Market’s Stables.
June 1, 2019

Ghosted (Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne, Australia) (review)

A brand-new Australian Comedy
May 26, 2019

Love by Patricia Cornelius (fortyfive downstairs, Melbourne, Australia) (review)

LOVE is an unapologetic exploration of love and addiction.
May 26, 2019

The Three Graces (Theatre Works, Melbourne Australia) (review)

'Carved straight from the epic traditions of Greek theatre, The Three Graces is drama on a grand scale.'
May 24, 2019

Heisenberg (MTC, Melbourne Australia) ( review)

At a bustling London train station, 42-year-old American, Georgie, kisses the neck of a much older Irish man, Alex...
May 24, 2019

Lazarus (The Production Company, Melbourne Australia) (review)

Lazarus was the final project of David Bowie. First staged in New York in late 2015, Lazarus has enjoyed sell out seasons in New York and London.
May 18, 2019

Cloudstreet (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia) (review)

The house at number one Cloud Street is a great continent where two damaged clans collide.