width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" name="viewport"/>Melbourne review wrap: The Nutcracker by The Australian Ballet; Louis Tomlinson at John Cain Arena. The State Theatre has reopened after 2½ years of renovations, and Arts Centre Melbourne is keen to reassure audiences that its familiar character survives. The Australian Ballet has taken the hint, returning home with Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker, created for Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1990: an old favourite offering reassurance on a suitably extravagant.