Reuben Liversidge

Reuben Liversidge is based in Melbourne. He has trained in music theatre at the VCA, film and theatre at LaTrobe University, and currently works as Head Talent Agent for the Talent Company of Australia.

Reuben Liversidge's Latest Articles

Georgina Hopson in Anastasia. Image supplied.
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Anastasia review: a classic musical with a star-making central performance

Anastasia offers spectacle and glamour, as well as a sensational turn by Georgina Hopson.

The 2025 cast of the Australian production of 'Hair'. A large, illuminated zodiac star-wheel dominates a blue-lit stage; the golden symbols of the zodiac shine brightly. Members of the cast are gathered beneath the zodiac wheel, some crouching, others with arms raised or outstretched as if gripped by religious fervour.
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Hair review: musical’s emotional heart lost in underwhelming production

The tribal love-rock musical opens in Melbourne with an underwhelming production that's more parody than passionate remount.

Tarzan – The Stage Musical. Image: Cameron Grant.
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Tarzan – The Stage Musical review: one for the Melbourne swingers

Tarzan excels is in the calibre of its cast and the dynamic presentation of Phil Collins’ score.

A man is standing on a milk crate. There are people dancing around him in a production of In The Heights.
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In The Heights review: Lin-Manuel Miranda will have you dancing in your seat

In The Heights, by the theatrical force behind Hamilton, pulses with heritage and history.

The ensemble of 'Follies", dressed in colourful period costume.
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Musical review: Follies, Palais Theatre

Australia’s first ever fully staged production of 'Follies' deserves an extended run.

Erik Thomson as Scrooge. He is wearing a pink coat and is standing in a door frame. The ensemble are in black behind him.
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Musical review: A Christmas Carol, Comedy Theatre

Back again for its third iteration, this version comes with a new Scrooge and is as engaging as the previous…

A woman, Ruva Ngwenya, is singing on stage as Tina Turner. She is wearing a short, brown chain-mail dress. There are bright lights behind her.
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Musical review: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Princess Theatre

This musical, while not simply the best, is still pretty good.

The six cast members of the musical 'Six' strut their stuff. They wear fluorescent-framed sunglasses and matching ruffs, and pose on a stage lit dramatically in red and purple.
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Musical review: Six, Comedy Theatre

The return of the musical phenomenon that not only gives agency to Henry VIII's six wives, but makes them pop…

A dramatically lit photograph of the cast members from the 2024 Australian production of 'Sunset Boulevard', shown in the decaying Hollywood mansion of faded star Norma Desmond.
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Musical review: Sunset Boulevard, Princess Theatre

A woefully miscast Sarah Brightman derails this production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, which also features some baffling directorial choices.

The Grinning Man. A huddle of seven young actors in vaguely Victorian/Edwardian clothing grasp and peer over each other with manically grinning faces.
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Musical review: The Grinning Man, Alex Theatre

A number of miscalculations may make you grimace instead of grin in the Australian premiere of this British musical.

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