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Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On MOULIN ROUGE THE MUSICAL
by Jade Kops - June 06, 2022

Moulin Rouge the Musical Spectacular. Astounding. Phenomenal. Extraordinary. Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a musical mash-up extravaganza. A theatrical celebration of truth, beauty, freedom and above all love. ...

BWW Review: Meyne Wyatt's CITY OF GOLD Is Given A Bigger Audience As Sydney Theatre Company Joins With Black Swan Theatre Company of WA To Present A Powerful Production
by Jade Kops - May 30, 2022

Meyne Wyatt’s powerful CITY OF GOLD highlights the ongoing discrimination and racism that the Australian Indigenous communities still face in the 21st Century....

Kym Vaitiekus shares his thoughts on U.B.U: A CAUTIONARY TALE OF CATASTROPHE
by Jade Kops - May 22, 2022

U.B.U: A Cautionary Tale of Catastrophe has the tagline “Filth, Farts, Murder, Mayhem, Perverts, Puppets'. Richard Hilliar’s work delivers this promise with a raucous, energetic, entertaining and musical evening. The production has captured the pantomime genre superbly....

Kym Vaitiekus Shares his Thoughts on DUBBO CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
by Jade Kops - May 20, 2022

Dubbo Champinship Wrestling, a new aussie musical that’s a king hit. Writer’s Daniel and James Cullen under Sheridan Harbridge direction brings us a slam dunk, funny, toe tapping, raucous and heart felt new work....

Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On A LETTER FOR MOLLY
by Jade Kops - May 15, 2022

A Letter for Molly follows artist Renee as she explores and reflects on the family relationship ladder. From her contemplation of unexpected motherhood, up the generational steps to her connection with great grandmother. Her journey discoveries the intricacies of womanhood, culture, identity and th...

Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
by Jade Kops - May 07, 2022

An American in Paris is a glorious and inventive new musical inspired by the 1951 movie with a superb collection of music by the Gershwins....

BWW REVIEW: Little Triangle Theatre Company Reconsiders Sondheim's Relationship Songs With A Queer Lens In ISN'T IT QUEER?
by Jade Kops - April 22, 2022

Little Triangle Theatre Company reframes Stephen Sondheim’s relationship songs with an entertaining revue ISN’T IT QUEER? where love stories originally written for heterosexual connections are presented by different voices and pairings. ...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On CIRCA'S PEEPSHOW
by Jade Kops - April 21, 2022

Brisbane based company Circa present a double act at the reimagined Theatre Royal in Sydney. They offer a show for all ages in school holiday hours, WOLFGANG’S MAGICAL MUSICAL CIRCUS. At night they it’s the adult viewing CIRCA’S PEEPSHOW....

BWW REVIEW: RedLine Production's Presentation Of THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS & MAHAGONNY SONGSPEIL Is A Surprising Feat In A Small Space
by Jade Kops - April 06, 2022

Director Constantine Costi pulls off the seemingly impossible of squeezing in a 17 piece orchestra, under the Baton of Brian Castles-Onion, a dancer and 6 singers into the small space of the Old Fitz Theatre to present an entrancing interpretation of Kurt Weill (Music) and Bertolt Brecht's (text/lyr...

BWW REVIEW: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING Explores The Connection Between Religion And Politics That's Fracturing The US
by Jade Kops - April 05, 2022

Under Craig Baldwin’s direction, Sydney audiences are given a glimpse into the impassioned arguments that the American conservative Christian community have been making in favour of having their beliefs be the cornerstone of US politics in HEROES OF THE FORTH TURNING....

BWW REVIEW: Noël Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT Is Given A Modern Makeover In Sydney Theatre Company's New Staging
by Jade Kops - April 02, 2022

BLITHE SPIRIT, the satirical farce about the pitfalls of interrupting the souls of those past on for personal amusement plays out at the Sydney Opera House....

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On HANDA OPERA ON SYDNEY HARBOUR, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
by Jade Kops - March 27, 2022

What a joy to see an enormous production of The Phantom of the Opera on Sydney harbour against the city skyline. And enormous is the word. The stage is 2.5 times larger than any indoor Australian stage....

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On NORTH BY NORTHWEST
by Jade Kops - March 20, 2022

Director Simon Phillips has transferred one of Alfred Hitchcock’s expert works to the auditorium. Almost word for word, scene for scene and shot for shot. In a world where the theatre scene consists of reinventing films for the stage, this piece is the cinema masterpiece live on stage. ...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On WHITE PEARL
by Jade Kops - March 16, 2022

White Pearl astounds with colourful layers. Anchuli Felicia King’s work is a tour de force that explores themes of power, racism, feminism, beauty standards, consumerism and cultural diversity. ...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On BERNIE DIETER'S CLUB KABARETT
by Jade Kops - March 11, 2022

@BernieDieter @jaimime @sydneyfringe BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On BERNIE DIETER'S CLUB KABARETT...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On WUDJANG: NOT THE PAST
by Jade Kops - January 20, 2022

Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company, in their first co-production present the world premiere of WUDJANG: NOT THE PAST. An epic scale contemporary corroboree, and Bangarra’s largest stage production to date. ...

BWW REVIEW: SIX, the Rock Musical Rewriting Her-Story, Returns To The Sydney Opera House Stage.
by Jade Kops - December 30, 2021

SIX, the high energy, all female, pseudo-concert rock musical about the six wives of Henry VIII is back even better than before....

BWW REVIEW: Trevor Ashley's Outrageously Absurd Pantomime For Adults, THE LYIN' QUEEN Returns, Revamped for 2021.
by Jade Kops - December 03, 2021

Trevor Ashley (Conceiver, Writer, Director, Performer) and Phil Scott’s (Writer) THE LYIN’ QUEEN returns for a booster shot of absolutely insane pantomime pitched for a grown-up audience....

BWW REVIEW: Heaped To The Brim With Heart And Humor, The Absurdity Of Traditional Pantomime Is Given An Australian Makeover For A Grown Up Audience in THE BOOMKAK PANTO
by Jade Kops - November 29, 2021

Drawing on the absurd live performance genre of pantomimes, Writer, Co-Director and performer Virginia Gay’s latest work is the hilarious and heartwarming THE BOOMKAK PANTO. ...

Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On THE LOVELY BONES
by Jade Kops - November 26, 2021

The Lovely Bones bare the aftermath of a family tragedy....

BWW REVIEW: Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR Is The Latest Work To Get The Stage And Live Screen Treatment In Kip Williams' New Adaptation For Sydney Theatre Company
by Jade Kops - November 21, 2021

Kip Williams’ (Director) new imagining of William Shakespeare’s tale of Ancient Roman power plays reinforces that politics hasn’t really changed as the 21st century is layered over the classic tragedy of JULIUS CAESAR....

BWW REVIEW: WHEREVER SHE WANDERS Considers The Ongoing Challenge Of Dealing With Consent In College Environments
by Jade Kops - November 14, 2021

Kendall Feaver’s WHEREVER SHE WANDERS is a new thought-provoking work that contemplates the progress, or lack thereof, of society’s attitude to sexual assault in higher education environments....

BWW REVIEW: Friendships And A Focus On Honest Art Lose Out To Fame And Fortune in Stephen Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG.
by Jade Kops - October 29, 2021

The challenge of staying friends as people grow and ambitions evolve is analyzed with mid century modern clarity in Dean Bryant’s production of Stephen Sondheim (Music and lyrics) and George Furth’s (Book) MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. ...

Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On ONCE
by Jade Kops - June 11, 2021

ONCE, A love story you must experience....

BWW REVIEW: Ensemble Theatre's New Staging Of Joanna Murray-Smith's HONOUR Reinforces That The Issues Examined 25 Years Ago Remain
by Jade Kops - May 02, 2021

Director Kate Champion presents a crisp expression of HONOUR, Joanna Murray-Smith’s study of the breakdown of a relationship based on the seductive nature of a power and influence imbalance. ...