REVIEW Shane Warne The Musical

"Fuck I hate musical theatre ," says the titular character of Eddie Perfect's world premiere Australian musical about cricket and spin king, Shane Keith Warne. The line is late in the show after Shane takes a banned diuretic to help him lose weight - and he has an hallucinatory theatrical dream sequence to cover much of the trouble in the 2nd Act of this musical based on his life. I first heard of Eddie Perfect a few years ago - a stand-up comedian who wrote the deliciously satirical comedy song... read more

Wicked is six months into its run, The Rocky Horror Show is leaving the Comedy Theatre this month. Avenue Q opens in June and Jersey Boys in July. It's a good time for musical theatre in Melbourne. I saw Shane Warne The Musical in December and Billy Elliot last night. The first was a lot of fun . The second, a powerful adaptation of the acclaimed film . Anyone else been to see any of these shows? What did you think?