The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Sydney, Australia.
Written by Jo Clifford and Bayley Turner, THIRTY-SIX is a beautifully presented insight into their experiences as trans women.
JUICY RIOT A high-femme variety riot that closed Pride Fest with heart, voice and full-throttle joy as a closing night, it could not have been better chosen
NAILS: THE MUSICAL In Concert is a fabulous new Australian work that combines women’s sport with heartwarming queer coming of age stories that reinforce that life isn’t always simple.
Almost 60 years after its off-Broadway debut, HAIR THE TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL is both a time capsule of a different time and a reminder that there are still things that need changing.
Jonny Hawkins (writer and performer) and Nell Ranney’s (director) TRUCK DRIVER is an incredible new Australian work that centres on the men that keep Australia moving, the owner-drivers of freight trucks.
An hilarious homage and caution about teenage fame and unchecked egos, the Tragedy Of Macbeth is transformed in MACKENZIE.
Suzy Eddie Izzard brings her one woman show IZZARD: THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET to stun Sydney audiences.
Rebecca McNamee (Director) delivers a fabulous new production of David Yazbek (Music and Lyrics) and Jeffrey Lane’s (Book) musical adaptation of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS.
Heartwarming and hilarious, the musical theatre adaption of TOOTSIE has its Australian Premiere at Teatro At The Italian Forum.
Ship Ahoy the Masterful HMS Hayes and THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE.
HARD TO SWALLOW is the latest cabaret from Reuben Kaye and it is everything audiences have come to expect from the incredibly intelligent performer who blends ‘no holds barred’ political and social commentary with clever new music and a liberal dose of fabulously funny filth.
Set in the late 1980’s, Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS expresses the enduring power of the sisterhood in helping face the challenges of life.
THE OTHER SIDE OF ME delivers a powerful triple threat: sublime choreography, an emotional story and impassioned performers.
Almost 30 years since it’s Broadway premier in 1997, THE LION KING still brings gasps of awe as Julie Taymor’s musical theatre adaptation of Walt Disney Animation’s 1994 film returns to the Sydney stage.
A sharp, hilarious musical about the chaos of creating GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
ANASTASIA is Stephen Flaherty (Music), Lynn Ahrens (Lyrics) and Terrence McNally’s (Book) musical theatre fairytale imagining of the last Romanov, inspired by 20th Century Fox Animation’s 1997 movie of the same name.
The purpose of Jez Butterworth’s 2012 play THE RIVER is as elusive as its subject matter, the Sea Trout.
Miles Franklin’s best known work, MY BRILLIANT CAREER is given the musical theatre treatment for a modern age by Sheridan Harbridge (Book), Dean Bryant (Book and Lyrics) and Mathew Frank (Music) and the outcome is amazing.
BETTE AND JOAN – fame, fear, fervour, and feuding.
THE PROM, the hilarious new musical with a heartwarming outcome from Matthew Sklar (Music), Chad Beguelin (Lyrics and Book) and Bob Martin (Book), finally arrives in Australia, premiering at the new Teatro At The Italian Forum Theatre in Leichhardt.
As part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Music and Book)), Charles Hart (Lyrics) and Richard Stilgoe’s (Lyrics and Book) famous musical, Opera Australia has revived its production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA for the 2026 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour season.
HEAVY IS THE CROWN, power to the songs that set you free.
Alice Livingstone (Director) brings Sarah Ruhl’s (Playwright) study of human behaviour and the blurring of acting and actual to the New Theatre stage.
HEAD OVER HEELS THE MUSICAL celebrates the music of 70’s and 80’s Pop Rock group The Go-Gos through a pairing with Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia.
Ella Road’s FAIR PLAY challenges the structure and rules around women's sports and what defines a woman through the relationship between two young athletes from vastly different backgrounds.
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Weddings and Parties Over Coffee St. James Church, King St (8/09-8/09) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation Bay Pavilions (9/08-9/08) |
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Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Armidale Rydges Armidale (7/25-7/25) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation Innisfail Shire Hall (8/07-8/07) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation Yuin Theatre at Bay Pavilions (9/08-9/08) |
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Holy Hell Old Fitz Theatre (7/14-7/24) |
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Anastasia - The Broadway Musical - Captioned Performance Sydney Lyric Theatre (7/12-7/12) |
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Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout Saraton Theatre (10/11-10/11) |
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Next To Normal Greenhalgh Theatre (7/09-7/27) PHOTOS |
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Weddings and Parties Over Coffee Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music (8/07-8/07) |
