Jenna Schroder

Jenna Schroder is an emerging arts critic, with a background in dance and voice, and an organiser at the Media, Entertainment, Arts Alliance. Outside of her union activism, Jenna can be found performing at The Improv Conspiracy, around the Melbourne comedy scene and producing independent work across multiple platforms. Twitter: @jennaschroder00

Jenna Schroder's Latest Articles

The Australian Ballet's 'Carmen', 2025, choreographed by Johan Inger, featuring Jill Ogai in the role of Carmen. A dark-haired woman in a red, ruffled dress, her legs bare, gestures dramatically and powerfully towards the camer. Three man are faintly visible in the gloom behind her. All four people are ballet dancers performing in the ballet 'Carmen'.
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Ballet review: Carmen, Regent Theatre

A fresh interpretation of a centuries old story that sizzles and provokes on stage.

A woman standing at a podium. Behind her is an American flag.
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Theatre review: POTUS, fortyfivedownstairs

A satirical farce with a conceit and style very similar to 'Veep' that can’t quite compare.

Two female performers are entwined on a trapeze.
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Performance review: Tender, Gasworks, midsumma festival

A sexy production for fans of aerial performance.

Three men sitting at a table in front of a stable door in a production of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.'
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Theatre review: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Another tried and true staging of a Shakespeare comedy from The Australian Shakespeare Company.

In a production of 'Years Years Bears', two women in colourful headscarves and sunglasses. One is standing behind the other and placing her hand over the other woman's mouth.
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Theatre review: Years Years Bears, Trades Hall

A promising mystery story still finding its feet.

Three dancers, Oli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer, are dressed in rave gear and are posing and singing.
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Dance review: The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave, Abbotsford Convent

A feat of dance endurance so full of energy and swagger you wanted to join in on the fun.

A woman in a pink party hat with streamers behind her is sitting in a coffin. The Dilly Dally of Death and Dying.
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Performance review: The Dilly Dally of Death and Dying, Trades Hall

An ambitious but slightly confused adventure about being diagnosed with terminal or chronic illness.

Against a fiery background a man is starring at his metal counterpart. Beowulf: Reforged.
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Theatre review: Beowulf: Reforged, Waterside Forge

A must-see hour of storytelling for fans of folklore, fantasy and the storytelling art form itself.

A bearded man is sitting in the middle surrounded by three women in the production of 'Don Giovanni.'
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Opera review: Don Giovanni, Meat Market Stables

The delivery of a BDSM centric interpretation of a classic opera is rough around the edges

The cast and ensemble of La Bohème on two levels.
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Opera review: La Bohème, Athenaeum Theatre

Despite being a tragedy, Melbourne Opera’s La Bohème is a joyful delight to watch.

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