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Review: Motherhood the Musical

The Athenaeum Theatre was buzzing with women’s voices on the night I attended Motherhood: The Musical . Mothers with daughters, granddaughters with their nans, sisters, aunties… every female combination one can imagine was in attendance on this evening (I was there with my seven year old daughter). ‘I’m Having a Baby’, a saccharine-sweet song about… well, having a baby, opened the show; with it I let out a little sigh, accompanied by a quick scan of my surroundings, and a plan to escape the theatre, out of fear that the rest of the show was going to be this ‘sappy.’ A grand total of 15 seconds later I realised that I was so, so wrong, and that this song was only an illustration of the state of mind of Amy (Rebecca Moore), a first time 20-something mummy to be. My ‘I can relate to that’ radar switched on immediately, I found my focus drawn only to the stage, and all plans of escape evaporated away into thin air. Motherhood: The Musical is the creative fruit of Sue Fabisch, a...

Review: Return to Nim's Island

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Return to Nim’s Island Review by: Gordana Andjelic-Davila Return to Nim’s Island  is a sequel to the 2008 film  Nim’s Island . In the original, Nim (Abigail Beslin), is a girl living on an isolated island with her scientist father (Gerard Butler), and eventually communicates with an agoraphobic author (Jodie Foster) who travels halfway around the globe to help Nim as her island is “invaded” while her father is away, and a fabulous adventure unfolds. Five years forward, and a teenage Nim still communicates with animals, makes mealworm sandwiches and assists her father in the quest to preserve their island from the outside world. Appropriately, in this film Nim is played by Aussie’s own Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late environmentalist and world-famous “Crocodile Hunter,” Steve Irwin.   Nim’s scientist father (Matthew Lillard), once again leaves his daughter with her animal friends and travels to Queensland to meet with Government authorities to persuade them t...

Josh Groban - Melbourne

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Josh Groban Written by  Gordana Andjelic-Davila    Tuesday, 23 April 2013 09:12 American award winning singer-songwriter  Josh Groban , a renowned name among the classical and popular music world, wowed audiences at the beautiful Palais Theatre in St. Kilda this past Saturday evening. The venue was packed to the rafters with a mainly female audience, and to say that the air was abuzz with anticipation for  Groban’s  performance is an understatement. Declarations of elation and expectation of specific songs could be heard all around. Once  Groban made his appearance on stage the superfan-like screaming commenced and “I love you Josh!” rung throughout the Palais in all ranges and colours of voices. Surprisingly,  Groban  began to sing the very instant he grasped the microphone in his hand, and did not address his audience until the second song was sung. Though this and his rather casual attire choice threw me a bit, I noticed that no o...