By Peter Kemp
Karralyka Thjeatre
Songs of Bon Jovi – Sang by Rob Mills.
Featuring a band of some of Australia’s best musical backing Aussie superstar of stage and screen, Rob Mills began his career in the spotlight as a finalist in the first season of Australian Idol (2003), and then toured his certified Gold Album Up All Night.
The following year he made the move into musical theatre as the original Fiyero in Wicked (2008).
Rob entered our living rooms as bad boy Finn Kelly in Neighbours in 2017 and left a lasting impression on our TV screens.
Rob has also appeared on Dancing With The Stars, Celebrity Apprentice, and is fixture on Channel 9’s Carols by Candlelight every year.
Let us take you on a journey from the 80’s to now! Dust off the leath4er and denim, cut your sleeves off, and let’s belt out these classics together on a night you won’t forget.
Season: Saturday 7 June. 8pm.
Eltham Little Theatre
Cross roads – A Series of One Act Plays.
The Face of Angels
The deepest wounds of war are not always visible … and it’s the greatest horrors can be most personal.
Napoleon in Exile
Evelyn is a single mother sick with cancer. Corey, her low-functioning son with Aspergers, has always been under her care. Evelyn must prepare him for life after she has gone.
Woman of the World
Ready to take on the world, three young women in their first share house celebrate their independence before an uninvited guest upsets the party.
Red
A woman has amnesia resulting from an accident.
Her children have different feelings about her memory.
Season closes Saturday 17 May.
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre
Haunted
Playwright Nigel Burke is neurotic, agoraphobic and hasn’t written a word in months.
He is fascinated by Lord Byron and is given a cup that belonged to Lord Byron, his writing improves but then the ghost pf Lord Byron appears but only Nigel can see him.
The play opened with a great set, Nigel’s desk on audience left, a lounge suite on audience, a door to the right and a central door to the rear.
There were windows across the rear with the door having glass window.
At the rear outside was a parge tree filling the exterior, in fact one thought it was a view out the back of the theatre looking at the park to the rear of same.
Your review a little was a little disappointed in the voice of the actors, they did not project their voices to the full capacity to suit the matinee audience which were fairly old to middle-aged. There was one exception, Michael Fenimore who played Lord Byron.
His voice filled the theatre andh is acting was very good.
Nigel Burke was played by Feliks Woltersdorf., a good performance of such a character.
Mary Burke, Nigel’s wife, was given a stirling performance by Sheona Gregg.
Potter was well handled by bob Bramble and Nigel’s she we say, a bit of fluff was wonderfully played Rosy Leonardi.
Nigel’s agent, Turner Gould was given a good performance by Hamish Walker.
Overall a good production but the sound did leave your reviewer a little unsettled.
