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Bridget Davies

Bridget Davies

Bridget Davies is an award-winning mezzo-soprano and journalist.

Flora unfolds across 12 short chapters.

This sumptuous work features one of the most beautiful entrances you’re ever likely to see

Spectacular and lush, Flora is a major new collaboration between Bangarra and The Australian Ballet.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Bridget Davies

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Victorian Opera perform The Pirates of Penzance.

This is about the best version of Pirates of Penzance you could see

Featuring one of the most parodied songs in the English language, this is the most joyous Gilbert and Sullivan work around.

  • Bridget Davies, Nadia Bailey, Andrew Fuhrmann, Jessica Nicholas and Sonia Nair
Declan Magee and Harrison Clark star in Sabotage

Talent scouts should make a beeline for this darkly comedic show

Every now and again Melbourne’s indie theatre scene throws up something destined for a bigger stage. I hope that’s the case with Harrison Clark’s Sabotage.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Nick Buckley, Bridget Davies, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Jessica Nicholas
John Shearman and Miela Anich in Much Ado About Nothing at MTC.

My heart sank during the opening scene – but then things took a turn

In the opening moments of Much Ado About Nothing at MTC, it looked like we were in for a rough night. But this new spin on a classic is undeniably brilliant.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Bridget Davies, Tony Way, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Andrew Fuhrmann
Emma Louise Pursey in Where Is Joy? at 45 Downstairs.

This play about artist Joy Hester is a must-see

Emma Louise Pursey’s firebrand delivery emphasises the relentlessness with which Joy Hester seized life.

  • Andrew McClelland, Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Bridget Davies
The Australian Ballet’s new production, Oscar, in dress rehearsal.

‘Triumphantly Wildean’: Oscar is a daring experiment in ballet storytelling

The first full-length narrative production commissioned by The Australian Ballet in more than 20 years is a stunning all-round achievement.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Bridget Davies and Tony Way
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A scene from The Children’s Bach

Helen Garner says this is the best thing she’s written. But does it work as an opera?

With a theme leaning so heavily on music, it’s not a surprise The Children’s Bach was adapted into an opera – but does it keep its magic when taken off the page?

  • Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Bridget Davies, Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way, Jessica Nicholas and Barney Zwartz
Only a cast of genuine triple threats could pull Six off, and they succeed with exuberance.

If you hate Henry VIII then this is the musical for you

It would appear that & Juliet has been pipped at the post by Six the Musical for the poppiest show ever inspired by the 16th century.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Andrew Fuhrmann, Bridget Davies and Barney Zwartz
Diego Torre, playing the role of Cavaradossi, and Karah Son, playing the role of Tosca.

Stellar performances (almost) make up for soulless venue: Tosca

Opera Australia staging of Puccini’s opera at Margaret Court Arena mostly paid off, plus New Zealand jazz pianist Jonathan Crayford hits Melbourne.

  • Bridget Davies and Jessica Nicholas
Lucia di Lammermoor by Melbourne Opera

Beauty and horror collide in this famous exploration of ‘madness’

One of opera’s most famous ‘mad scenes’ is on show in Melbourne Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor.

  • Bridget Davies, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Andrew Fuhrmann