Charlene Li

Charlene Li is an arts junkie with a few too many interests. She thinks the Australian arts scene is the world's best kept secret.

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Theatre review: Durkh a Modne Gloz, Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, Melbourne

An engaging fusion of Yiddish poems and cabaret, but the experiment didn't always work.

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Concert Review: Rebel, Gasworks

A rock tribute to David Bowie, with circus arts among the glittery mix

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Music Review: Meow Meow’s Pandemonium, MSO

Meow Meow and the MSO join forces for a slapstick cabaret of mischief and Pandemonium.

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Music Review: Vera Blue with the MSO: Everything is Wonderful

An exuberant celebration of music makers – who happen to all be female.

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Theatre Review: Macbeth, Australian Shakespeare Company

There is nothing quite like a dazzling production of a timeless Shakespeare classic to invigorate and restore.

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Sick, NICA (VIC)

NICA students and Gavin Marshall deliver a sophisticated, contemporary circus work.

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Songs of the Northern River, MC Showroom (VIC)

New Australian musical brings authenticity and wit to musical theatre.

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Brian Cox: A Symphonic Universe, Arts Centre Melbourne (VIC)

A Symphonic Universe brings together rockstar physicist Brian Cox with music that evokes the stars.

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Passionate Machine, Melbourne Fringe (VIC)

Science fiction meets introspection in Passionate Machine.

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The Critic, The Butterfly Club/Melbourne Fringe (VIC)

The Critic examines the theatre world with incisive commentary and scintillating humour.

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