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  • 224: A Midnight Visit (Broad Encounters, Melbourne, Australia) (review)
    Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 224A Midnight Visit (Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, Australia)After sensational takeovers in Sydney and Perth, A Midnight Visit has been unleashed on Melbourne with new tricks and treats!An epic 34 rooms awaits you in an abandoned warehouse in Melbourne’s inner north. Explore a dark dreamworld of shadows, thrills, obsession, and awe. A performance experience like no other, you will encounter strange characters, thrilling scenes, and macabre splendour as you journey deeper into the depths of mystery…Is it nightmare or fantasy? Remembering or premonition? With curiosity your only guide, no two journeys are the same. Expect all sense to be tantalised – even (especially!) the spooky sixth.Inspired by the life and works of the granddaddy of gothic, Edgar Allan Poe, A Midnight Visit is part choose your own adventure, part performance, part sound world, part surreal playground – and all parts absorbing.For more information visit  https://amidnightvisit.com/ Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #amidnightvisit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    5 min
  • 223: night, Mother (Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, Australia) (review)
    Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 223Night, Mother (Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, Australia)The turbulent tale of a mother-daughter relationship rejuvenated by the daughter’s admission she will kill herself that evening.On an ordinary Saturday night Jessie tells her mother, ‘I’m going to kill myself’. Unfolding in real time over the next 90 minutes, and building like a sonata, a domesticated apocalypse reveals itself in a quiet suburban living room.As the clock ticks down to the gripping conclusion … is there time for one night of absolute honesty before it’s too late?For more information visit  https://chapeloffchapel.com.au/show/night-mother-marsha-norman/Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #nightmother Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    5 min
  • 222. My Dearworthy Darling (The Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia) (review)
    My Dearworthy Darling (The Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)In modern-day Australia, a marriage is pulled apart by mistrust, paranoia, and violence. A woman breaks apart in the turmoil.In medieval England, a woman has mystic visions. The patriarchs write them off as female madness, but she knows her truth. These visions allow her to be heard—maybe even to connect across centuries.In My Dearworthy Darling, threads that run through history are woven into a tapestry. As the strands draw ever tighter, the old languages threaten to tear asunder. What new worlds might open?For more information visit  https://malthousetheatre.com.au/whats-on/my-dearworthy-darlingTheatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    4 min
  • 221: The Ghetto Cabaret (fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia) (review)
    The Ghetto Cabaret (fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia)Any night could be their last performance. Danger, disease, and betrayal surround the Jewish musicians, singers, dancers, acrobats, opera and theatre performers thrown together and trapped in the Ghettos of WWII. But their fear is transformed into art as they try to create meaning out of the terror and chaos around them.Full of Yiddish songs unheard for decades, The Ghetto Cabaret is provocative and challenging, revealing the black humour, courage, and wit of a people struggling to survive.For more information visit  https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/wp2016/event/the-ghetto-cabaret/Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    4 min
  • 220: Thoroughly Modern Millie (The Production Company, Melbourne, Australia) (review)
    Thoroughly Modern Millie (The Production Company, Melbourne, Australia)It’s the height of the jazz age, the roaring 20’s, and small-town girl Millie Dillmount has just arrived in New York City, ready to make her dreams come true.Millie’s plan is simple: find a job as a secretary for an eligible bachelor, and then marry him. It doesn’t take long for Millie’s “thoroughly modern” plan to go awry. Her conniving landlady Mrs. Meers plots to kidnap Millie’s best friend Dorothy and sell her into slavery.  Her wealthy boss Trevor Graydon seems entirely uninterested in her flirtations,  and – worst of all – Jimmy, the man with whom she falls head over heels in love, doesn’t have a penny to his name.For more information visit  https://www.theproductioncompany.com.au/millie/ Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    5 min
  • 219: Price Check The Musical (The Alex Theatre. Melbourne, Australia) (review)
    Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 219Price Check The Musical (The Alex Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)Price Check! is a new Australian musical comedy in 2 acts, exploring the lives of 5 diverse characters in a suburban Melbourne supermarket. Mr Butler is a well-paid profit hungry store manager with a bitter divorce and a bad dance routine. Narelle Sims is a middle-aged widowed checkout chick slowly working her way through the junior shelf fillers in search of romance. Zayeeb Dash is a new Indian migrant struggling with the strange Aussie vernacular whilst displaying a unique devotion to his work.Dave Fisher is a geeky store assistant flaunting his arts degree about hoping for an in-store promotion to help fix his failed marriage. Mrs Zimmerman is an elderly Jewish patron suffering from loneliness and a bit of a sharp tongue. They all do their best to make meaningful connections in a world full of differences whilst suffering the pressures of their own lives.Supported by the City Port Phillip Cultural Development Fund, Price Check will be presented in concert with a 6 piece orchestra.For more information visit  https://alextheatrestk.com.au/event/price-check-in-concert/ Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #pricecheckthemusical #theatrefirst #alexfirst  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    4 min
  • 218: Blackrock (EbbFlow Theatre Co,. Melbourne, Australia) (reviewed)
    Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 218Blackrock (EbbFlow Theatre Co., Melbourne, Australia)Blackrock is an Australian beachside working-class suburb where the youth surf by day and rave by night. Desperate to impress, Toby hosts a party at the local surf for his 18th birthday. It is unsupervised with alcohol flowing freely.The following morning, it is revealed that 15-year-old Tracy Warner was killed at the party. As details of her death emerge the boys' responsible band together in ‘Mateship’, but can ‘Mateship’ keep their guilt at bay?For more information visit  https://www.ebbflowtheatre.com/blackrockTheatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #ebbflowtheatreco #ebbflow #blackrock #theatrefirst #alexfirst  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    4 min
  • 217: Fifty Words (Lab Theatre, Melbourne Australia) (review)
    Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 217Fifty Words (Lab Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)Adam and Jan are alone together for the first time in almost 10 years. Without the buffer of their nine-year-old son (who is away at his first-ever sleepover) Adam’s attempt to seduce his wife before he leaves on business the next day begins a suspenseful nightlong roller-coaster ride of revelation, rancour, passion, and humour that explores a modern-day marriage on the verge of either a breakup or deepening love…For more information visit  https://alextheatrestk.com.au/event/fifty-words/ Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    5 min
  • 216: This Wide Night (Green Light Theatre, Melbourne, Australia) (review)
    Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 216This Wide Night (Green Light Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)On her release from prison, Lorraine heads straight to Marie's. On the inside they used to share everything, but the friendship that once protected them now threatens to smother the fragile freedom they have found.Please be aware that this play contains strong language and adult themes and is not appropriate for children.For more information visit  https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=501215 Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #greenlighttheatre #thiswidenight  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    4 min
  • 215: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia) (review)
    Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 215A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia)Following a sold-out premiere season in 2016, Sentient Theatre’s stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic essay returns. Breathing new life into the history of women and literature, this production features four performers as aspects of Woolf’s mind in conversation with herself and the audience.Today, with campaigns such as Me Too, Time’s Up and NOW Australia, A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf shines a light on our history with astounding relevance to contemporary society.For more information visit  https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/wp2016/event/a-room-of-ones-own-by-virginia-woolf/ Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    3 min

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