Beth Child

Beth Child is a freelance director, writer, dramaturg and actor.

Beth Child's Latest Articles

Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. Garland is using an eyebrow brush. Minnelli has a black hat on.
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Performance review: Liza's Good Judy, Motley Bauhaus, midsumma festival

Classic songs in an ambitious tribute to, and exploration of, legends Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli.

Six dancers wearing singlets and undies and skull-fitting caps are in various states of contortion.
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Dance review: Tantrum for 6, Northcote Town Hall

Six new beings navigate their world in a contemporary dance exploration of primal infancy and growth.

A group of musicians.
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Performance review: Homophonic!, Theatre Works, midsumma festival

A celebration of some of Australia’s best queer, classical musicians and compositions.

Three women with elaborate bouffant blonde hairstyles. The one in the middle is pointing a pink gun directly in front of her.
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Musical review: Ruthless! the Musical, MC Showroom, midsumma festival

Interwoven tales of raging ambition for theatre stardom, with songs, sequins and satire.

Women's Circus. Four older woman huddle together bending over a metal frame against a green background. Small Acts of Resistance.
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Circus review: Small Acts of Resistance, Women’s Circus Gasworks Arts Park

Strong, simple, effective social circus, celebrating strength on every level.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte in 'Shirley Valetine.' She has frizzy blonde hairstyle and is wearing a pink jumper. She is opening a champagne bottle next to a fridge.
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Performance review: Shirley Valentine, Athenaeum Theatre

Willy Russell’s classic play of an oppressed woman’s mid-life self-discovery is as relevant today as it was in 1986.

Black actor, singer and dancer Joti Van Carlos Gore leaning to his right, singing and holding an old-fashioned microphone.
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Performance review: Blacknificense – The Cotton Club Experience, Chapel off Chapel, midsumma festival

A personal celebration of the gay and black contributions to jazz and popular music in the 20th century.

Sarah Blasko, in white, is in the centre of the stage. Five musicians surround her. The lighting is in shades of purple.
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Music review: Sarah Blasko, Theatre Royal Castlemaine, ALWAYS LIVE festival

Sarah Blasko launches her seventh album to a captive Castlemaine audience.

A wedding scene, with rows of chairs and heavy linenware.
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Performance review: Zaffé, Arts House

A joyous wedding party in the face of real life.

Several performers are dressed as Spider-men and are hanging off scaffolding.
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Circus review: MARVELous: A Risque Parody, National Theatre Melbourne

A parody of Marvel comic heroes in circus form.

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