BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On Bell Shakespeare Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus- prepare to be challenged.
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BWW REVIEW: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Sets A New Style Of Musical While Contemplating Change From The Simplest Nickels And Dimes To Major Movements Of Social Equality
Under Mitchell Butel's direction, Tony Kushner (book and lyrics) and Jeanine Tesori's (music) CAROLINE, OR CHANGE contemplates the shifting social landscape of America in 1963.
BWW REVIEW: Broadway's Longest Running Musical Revival, CHICAGO Returns To Sydney With An Interesting Twist On The Villianous Duo Of Dames.
Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Roxie) and Alinta Chidzey (Velma) lead the Sydney return of Walter Bobbie's multi award winning revival of John Kander (Music), Fred Ebb (Lyrics & Book), and Bob Fosse's (Book) CHICAGO
BWW REVIEW: 62 Years After Debuting On Broadway, WEST SIDE STORY Holds A Relevance For A Modern Age
Director Joey McKneely pairs Robbins' original choreography with a new vision to present the ground-breaking musical for a new generation and following an international tour, WEST SIDE STORY arrives in Sydney with an all Australian cast of fresh young faces.
BWW REVIEW: RAINBOW'S END Celebrates The Power Of Women While Presenting The Australian Aboriginal Story With Honesty And Humour
Based in truth Jane Harrison's RAINBOW'S END gives audiences an insight into the Aboriginal Australian story and their fight for recognition and equal rights.
BWW REVIEW: American Classic THE GRAPES OF WRATH Serves As A Reminder Of The Human Spirit And The Inhumanity Of Government And Big Business
Frank Galati's adaptation of John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Award winning THE GRAPES OF WRATH is presented with clarity and creativity by director Louise Fischer for New Theatre.
BWW REVIEW: LIFE OF GALILEO Looks To The Past As A Reminder That We Need To Stop History Repeating Itself
Bertolt Brecht's LIFE OF GALILEO is given a modern makeover in Tom Wright's adaptation, directed by Eamon Flack for Belvoir St Theatre.
BWW REVIEW: Twisted Minds Are Unleashed And Facades Fall When A Cat Goes Missing In WINK
Jen Silverman's WINK explores the what happens when civilized sensibilities are stripped away and true tendencies are let loose.
BWW REVIEW: Packemin Productions Delivers Another Night Of Pro/Am Musical Theatre Family Fun With MAMMA MIA!
Packemin Productions puts its big cast spin on the Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' hit jukebox musical MAMMA MIA!
BWW REVIEW: Powerful and Personal, Meyne Wyatt's First Play CITY OF GOLD Elicits Laughter, Tears And Hopefully A Desire To Make Australia A Better Place For Our First Nat
Acclaimed actor Meyne Wyatt's first foray into writing a play delivers a brilliantly powerful piece of theatre that centers on family and community whilst unashamedly exposing the racism towards Indigenous Australians that still exists.
BWW REVIEW: The Minefield Of Modern Dating Is Exposed as Toxic Misogyny And Feisty Feminism Go Head to Head in BANGING DENMARK.
Van Badham's new Australian play BANGING DENMARK is a fabulously funny schooling of the misogynistic men who think that having 'game' and getting girls is more important that being decent human beings.
BWW REVIEW: TABLE Shares Over A Century Of Hopes, Heartaches and History Held In the Best Family's Humble Handcrafted Piece of Furniture
Tanya Ronder's TABLE holds the secrets of the Best Family in this intriguing and inventive expression of the old adage 'if this table could talk, the stories it could tell'.
BWW REVIEW: The Nature Of Powerful Masculinity In LORD OF THE FLIES Is Considered With An Ensemble That Does Not Conform To Traditional Casting Expectations.
Kip Williams presents Nigel Williams' adaptation of William Golding's Nobel Prize winning LORD OF THE FLIES with a new take on casting.
BWW REVIEW: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Returns To Sydney Even More Powerful Than Before
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is presented with even more power and gravity as Iain Sinclair's production, which started life at Old Fitz Theatre in 2017, opens at Ensemble Theatre.
BWW REVIEW: The Musical Adaptation Frank Abagnale Jr's Life Comes To Hayes Theatre With the Wonderfully Vibrant CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.
The musical adaptation of Steven Steven Spielberg's screenplay(2002) of Frank William Abagnale Jr's autobiography (1980, written by Abagnale and Stan Redding) is given the intimate Hayes Theatre treatment for an evening of high energy song and dance as one of the America's most famous fraudsters is
BWW REVIEW: THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN Shines A Light On Life In Ireland To Expose the Flawed Nature of Humanity
Martin McDonagh's dark comic style shines in Mad March Hare Theatre Company and Red Line Productions' presentation of THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN.
BWW REVIEW: Ahead Of Its Time, THE TORRENTS Finally Makes It To The Sydney Stage, 64 Years After It Written.
Australian writer Oriel Gray's Playwright's Advisory Board co-winner for Best Play in 1955, THE TORRENTS, finally gets a Sydney Premiere thanks to Sydney Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company.
BWW REVIEW: COME FROM AWAY, A Powerful Expression Of The Capacity For Human Kindness Opens In Melbourne
COME FROM AWAY, Irene Sankoff and David Hein's (Book, Music and Lyrics) multi award winning musical about the other side of the 9/11 story, has captivated Melbourne hearts in its beautiful heartwarming celebration of the best of the human spirit.
BWW REVIEW: The Honest, Humorous and Heartbreaking World Premiere of OMAR AND DAWN Explores A Side Of Society Rarely Examined
The World Premiere of James Elazzi's new Australian play OMAR AND DAWN captures characters from the periphery of the community in a captivating and honest 70 minutes of theatre.
BWW REVIEW: SYDNEY CABARET FESTIVAL: Fun And Intimate, CHEEKY CABARET Is A Classic Cabaret Circus Experience
The intimate Brunswick Picture House's small stage cabaret CHEEKY CABARET brings the burlesque and circus element to the inaugural SYDNEY CABARET FESTIVAL.
BWW REVIEW: SYDNEY CABARET FESTIVAL: Camp, Clever And Deliciously Dark, REUBEN KAYE Is Intelligent, Electric, And Energetic Cabaret That Knows No Limits.
The irreverent and intelligent Reuben Kaye returns to Australia to share his brilliant brand of social commentary and camp cabaret in his self-titled show REUBEN KAYE.
BWW REVIEW: SYDNEY CABARET FESTIVAL: KIM SINGS KYLIE Is Kim David Smith's Camp And Comic Cabaret Homage To Australia's Pop Princess
Kim David Smith shares his love of another Australian export with Sydney as he brings KIM SINGS KYLIE to the inaugural SYDNEY CABARET FESTIVAL.
BWW REVIEW: SYDNEY CABARET FESTIVAL Tim Draxl Draws On The Mysterious Album LOVE IS A DRAG As He Delves Into History With The Heartfelt Interpretations Of Love Songs
Tim Draxl returns to the Cabaret stage for SYDNEY CABARET FESTIVAL with another beautiful blend of history, storytelling and honest personal expression as he shares his interpretations of the songs originally written for women in LOVE IS A DRAG.
BWW REVIEW: Nicholas Hooper's Dark And Ominous Score Comes To Life As Sydney Symphony Orchestra present HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE: IN CONCERT.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) continues the collaboration it started in 2017 with the latest instalment of CineConcerts' live music and big screen movie experience with HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE: IN CONCERT.
BWW REVIEW: GLITTERY CLITTERY A CONSENSUAL PARTY Is A Fabulously Fun Feminist Cabaret
The Fringe Wives Club bring their 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival Award winning cabaret GLITTERY CLITTERY: A CONSENSUAL PARTY to Sydney.
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Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout Saraton Theatre (10/11-10/11) |
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Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of) Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House (7/16-8/30) VIDEOS |
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Reefer Madness Pioneer Theatre (11/13-11/22) |
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The Dragon Child Sydney Event Centre (9/26-9/26) |
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A Beautiful Noise Sydney Lyric Theatre (11/14-12/20) |
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I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story Capitol Theatre Tamworth (9/16-9/16) |
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin Genesian Theatre (9/04-10/10) |
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UPU Riverside Live @ PHIVE (8/28-8/29) |
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Strike a chord Eternity Playhouse (9/16-9/19) |
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I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story Jetty Memorial Theatre (9/05-9/05) |