SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA THEATER REVIEWS

In this world premiere, Australia’s much-loved star soprano Anna O’Byrne shares her honest and personal story of stepping into one of the most iconic roles in musical theatre – Eliza Doolittle. In BECOMING ELIZA, Anna O’Byrne reflects on her unique experience and shares stories about working...

Sit Down & Shut Up: Karen's Diner has opened in Top Ryde Shopping Centre. Customers can expect plenty of sass, great food and a sprinkle of bad attitude. Don't expect special treatment at this diner because it's all about Karen, and she won't be taking any of your nonsense! ...

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. ...

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

Read our critic's review - twelve years after MARY POPPINS first flew into Australian theatres, the musical theatre adaptation of P.L. Travers’ famous magical nanny returns to the Sydney stage to the delight of young and old....

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....

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....

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...

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....

AT THE CROSSROADS marks Dale Burridge’s return to the theatre stage after an over two-decade absence....

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. ...

Caryl Churchill’s LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE is given a modern Australian makeover with Eamon Flack and Hannah Goodwin’s (co-directors) interpretation for Belvoir St Theatre....

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....

Alana Valentine’s WAYSIDE BRIDE draws on real experiences from interviews and a personal connection to share the stories Of Reverend Ted Noff’s unusual ministry. ...

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...

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....

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....

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....

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. ...

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. ...

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

Dolly Parton (Music and Lyrics) and Patricia Resnick’s (Book) musical adaptation of Resnick and Colin Higgins 1980’s ‘labour film’ 9 TO 5 bursts onto the Sydney stage with a fabulous and fun celebration of female empowerment. ...

Like the determined dancers that feature in its story, Director and Choreographer Amy Campbell’s A CHORUS LINE has pushed through the multiple pandemic related setbacks to finally open at Sydney Opera House’s Drama Theatre....

While much of Alan Turing’s work was the subject of the Official Secrets Act, his personal life was not afforded the same anonymity and details of his sexuality overshadowed his achievements for many years.  Hugh Whitemore’s BREAKING THE CODE seeks to balance the scales of the awareness of Turi...

Making his musical theatre directorial debut, Jake Tyler delivers a wonderful production of HEATHERS-THE MUSICAL for The Mitchell Old Company, a new independent theatre company....