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BWW REVIEW: GREASE THE ARENA EXPERIENCE Restyles The Broadway Version Of The Classic Musical With The Addition Of An Ensemble Of Over 500 Children And Young Adults.
Harvest Rain Theatre Company brings GREASE THE ARENA EXPERIENCE To Sydney to entertain and engage young performers for a short summer season....
BWW REVIEW: Friendships, Fitting In And Fear Of Letting Go Play Out In TONSILS + TWEEZERS
A twisting tale of friendship, trauma and the need to move on plays out in the comically disturbing TONSILS + TWEEZERS...
BWW REVIEW: THERE WILL BE A CLIMAX Is A Bright And Bizarre Piece Of Perpetual Motion That Provokes Thought
Alexander Berlage (Director/Lighting Design) brings his brilliantly baffling piece of physical theatre, THERE WILL BE A CLIMAX, to the Old Fitz Theatre....
BWW REVIEW: FAG/STAG Presents A Glimpse Into A Friendship As Described By Two Quite Different Men
Written and performed by Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Chris Isaacs, this 60 minute two hander presents and interesting insight into young men trying to navigate, love, life, and friendship in a world of expectations, technology and what would otherwise be seen as a comfortable life....
BWW REVIEW: MY NAME IS JIMI Gives Audiences An Interesting, Informative And Important Insight Into Jimi Bani's Torres Straight Island Heritage
Acclaimed actor Jimi Bani brings his own story, and his family, to Belvoir Theatre to engage and enlighten audiences about his culture and heritage in an effort to help preserve it for future generations....
BWW REVIEW: THREE IN THE BED Is A Raucous Romp Through The Twisted Sheets Of Young Love And Lust
Jonathon Holmes' new Australian musical THREE IN THE BED is a riotous, ribald and somewhat relatable exploration of the perils of relationships....
BWW REVIEW: GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT Is A High Energy Expression of Hope And Hopelessness In A Broken World
Following a successful Brisbane season in 2017, GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT commences its Australian Tour to the delight of punk rock fans....
BWW REVIEW: A Feast Of Movement, Music And Muscles, LIMBO UNHINGED Takes Cabaret Circus To The Next Level For Summer At The House @strutnfret @SydOperaHouse
LIMBO UNHINGED is an awe inspiring evening of circus, music, mystery and comedy that is certain to delight....
BWW REVIEW: Providing A Glimpse Into A Bygone Era, DARLINGHURST NIGHTS Is Presented With Heart And Honesty
Katherine Thomson (Book) and Max Lambert's (Music) DARLINGHURST NIGHTS is revived with truth and simplicity 30 years after it premiered in 1988....
BWW REVIEW: Children's Television Favourites Dr Chris And Dr Xand Return To Sydney With A New OPERATION OUCH! LIVE ON STAGE!
Brothers and bona-fide medical professionals, Doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken have returned to Sydney with another instalment of their OPERATION OUCH! LIVE ON STAGE! Expanding on their successful BBC television show OPERATION OUCH! which is a favourite of ABC Australia's younger viewers, this i...
BWW REVIEW: Heart-warming Nostalgia With A Contemporary Twist, THE WIZARD OF OZ Captures The Imagination Of Young And Old.
Breathing new life into the 1939 classic motion picture, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams' adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ finally landed in Sydney to the delight of the opening night audience. A feast of colour, movement, pyrotechnics, incredible costumes and clever new music combines with fabulo...
BWW REVIEW: The World Premiere Of THE UNBELIEVABLES at The Sydney Opera House Delivers Exactly What It Says On The Package
Circus, cabaret, vaudeville and comedy combine in the World Premiere of THE UNBELIEVABLES....
BWW REVIEW: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Presents A Contemporary Twist On Classic Dickens' Victorian Classic
Melissa Lee Speyer's adaptation of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL is a brilliant blend of 19th Century and 21st Century worlds....
BWW REVIEW: The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Delivers Another Beautiful Escape From The Stress Of The Season With Their Annual NOEL! NOEL!
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's (ABO) Artistic Director and Conductor Paul Dyer has outdone himself with his 2017 program for the annual NOEL!NOEL! Concert....
BWW REVIEW: VERTICAL DREAMING Shares The Music And Poetry Gave Andrew Henry The Strength He Needed To Battle The Black Dog.
Rounding out Red Line Productions' 2017 season of Unspoken stories, VERTICAL DREAMING is a captivating 50 minutes of poetry and music gives an insight into coming through mental illness, an issue that whilst more widely acknowledged, is still often hard to talk about....
BWW REVIEW: Contemporary Take On Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE Misses Its Opportunity To Make A Mark
Sport For Jove starts it's Sydney Hills Shakespeare In The Park season with a modern interpretation of MEASURE FOR MEASURE with an interpretation that fails to deliver a definitive discussion on weighty issues....
BWW REVIEW: THE BODYBAG THE PANTO Is A Fabulous Fun Filled Night Of Incredibly Clever Pantomime That Is Definitely Not For Children
Trevor Ashley takes on another iconic personality in his latest collaboration with writer Phil Scott to present THE BODYBAG: THE PANTO....
BWW REVIEW: The Australian Ballet Brings Christopher Wheeldon's Utterly Enchanting ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND To Sydney.
Sumptuous costumes and inventive sets entice a new generation down the rabbit hole and into ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND with The Australian Ballet. Christopher Wheeldon's captivating production, with music by Joby Talbot, first commissioned and performed by The Royal Ballet and the National Bal...
BWW REVIEW: Purpose And Peer Pressure Play Out As One Man's Goals Are Stripped Bare In VIRGINS AND COWBOYS
Morgan Rose's intriguing look at contemporary dating culture in an age of the internet and oversharing plays out in the humorous and perplexing VIRGINS AND COWBOYS....
BWW REVIEW: NIGHT SLOWS DOWN Presents The Faults Of Contemporary Society, Concentrated Into One Family's Experience With Immigration, Progress And National Pride
World Premiere of Phillip James Rouse' (writer and director) new work NIGHT SLOWS DOWN is confronting and compelling as it contemplates what society would look like if all the prejudice, greed, ignorance and arrogance of society were condensed into a single being....
BWW REVIEW: Misfit Music Nerds And Misguided Understanding Of Love And Life Come Together In HIGH FIDELITY.
David Lindsay-Abaire (Book), Amanda Green (lyrics) and Tom Kitt's(Music) rock musical HIGH FIDELITY based on Nick Hornby's novel and the movie of the same name takes the audience on a thirtysomething's journey of self discovery as he finally understands that relationships take commitment, loyalty an...
BWW REVIEW: Heart-warming And Hilarious, MURIEL'S WEDDING THE MUSICAL Is A Brilliant New Australian Musical That Must Not Be Missed
MURIEL'S WEDDING THE MUSICAL, the much anticipated musical theatre adaptation of PJ Hogan's iconic movie from 1994, is absolutely wonderful, capturing the heart and soul of its inspiration with an added depth and incredible new music by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall....
BWW REVIEW: A Hilarious Glimpse At Small Town Planning And Politics Plays Out In AUSTRALIA DAY
The thoughts many think but will not share due to political correctness are given a voice with heart and humour in Jonathan Biggins' satirical look at small town society in AUSTRALIA DAY....
BWW REVIEW: Competitiveness And Consumerism Challenges The Real Meaning Of Christmas In Mary Rachel Brown's SILENT NIGHT
As society has moved further and further away from the real meaning of Christmas, Mary Rachel Brown's new Australian play SILENT NIGHT is a shamelessly absurd expression of the worst of a time that was supposed to be about family, love and goodwill to all...
BWW REVIEW: Andrew Upton's Contemporary Adaptation of Chekhov's THREE SISTERS Is Presented With Economy As It Seeks To Find A Modern Relatability
Sydney Theatre Company brings Anton Chekhov's much-loved tragi-comedy back to the mainstage with Andrew Upton's adaptation of THREE SISTERS, directed by Kip Williams....
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