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BWW REVIEW: Award Winning Australian Musical LADIES IN BLACK Puts 1950's Women and Australian Culture In the Spotlight With Class, Comedy and Captivating Music
Capturing the not too distant past of 1950's Sydney, the heart-warming coming of age story of a young, intelligent woman comes to life with fabulous songs and fantastic fashion in LADIES IN BLACK....
BWW REVIEW: The Joy And Magic Of The Early Days Of Traveling Entertainment Comes To Sydney With CIRCUS 1903 – THE GOLDEN AGE OF CIRCUS
Revisiting the excitement and wonder that enchanted crowds at the start of the 20th Century, CIRCUS 1903 recreates the magic that inspired many contemporary circuses....
BWW REVIEW: New Australian Pantomime, BABES IN THE WOODS, AUSTRALIAN PURITY DEFIL'D, Captures The Spirit Of Australia Whilst Reviving The Old World Traditions
Drawing on the slapstick comedy, bad acting and questionable singing of the English tradition of Pantomimes, BABES IN THE WOODS is an all Australian work purely for adults....
BWW REVIEW: The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Gets Into A Reflective Festive Mood With Their Annual NOËL NOËL Concert
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's Artistic Director Paul Dyer delivers another beautiful Christmas concert with 2016's NOËL NOËL....
BWW Review: CLUB SWIZZLE Went Down A Treat! at Sydney Opera House
Club Swizzle is the kind of experience you see in the movies, the kind of night you move cities for, the kind of place where even the humblest ticket holder can feel like a star. Brett Haylock, producer of the indomitable La Clique and La Soiree, has brought the sparkle and fizz back to Sydney and d...
BWW REVIEW: Questioning The Control Of Our Lives, RESPLENDENCE Takes A Glimpse Into The Chaotic Mind Of One Man
Angus Cerini's one man play RESPLENDENCE challenges late night theater goers at The Old Fitz to examine their control on their lives....
BWW REVIEW: Sydney Symphony Orchestra Presents A Staged Concert Version of The Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS
The rarely performed 1930's American Opera, PORGY AND BESS is given a Staged Concert treatment by Director Mitchell Butel with the support of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs....
BWW Review: LIGHTEN UP is a Brilliant Dark Comedy About a Very Grey Area at Griffin Theatre
The final independent production of the year at Griffin Theatre certainly has their year going out with a bang in Lighten Up, a tongue-through-cheek pummelling of racist stereotyping, the entertainment industry, metaphysics and Aussie lunacy. Written by Nicholas Brown and Sam McCool, Lighten Up was ...
BWW Review: SUMMER RAIN is Simply Charming Home-Grown Musical at New Theatre
It is a wonderful time of year to be reminded of the romanticism inherent in the Australian outback; a topic more frequently explored of late for links to our history, our current social climate and our connection as a nation. Summer Rain is the work of two Australian theatrical legends, Nick Enrigh...
BWW REVIEW: Old World Vaudeville Returns To Sydney With The Premiere of SPIEGEL'ESQUE, Set In The Intimate Das Kleine Spiegelzelt.
Wayne Scott Kermond revives the beauty and frivolity of vaudeville, burlesque and cabaret music halls with this new production SPIEGEL'ESQUE....
BWW REVIEW: Bold Chanteuse Catherine Alcorn Shares An Intimate Evening Of Music And Memories In CATHARTIC
Cementing her position in Sydney's Cabaret scene, Catherine Alcorn shares a night incredible music and some personal patter in her new show CATHARTIC....
BWW Review: THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS was Sinfully Entertaining at Seymour Centre
An affirming welcome surprise of a production, boutique and nuanced in its delivery, thoroughly charming in its concept, The Screwtape Letters is a must, especially for all lovers of clown and commedia. Director Hailey McQueen and her team have crafted here a transformation of what could be a lacklu...
BWW REVIEW: The Heartbreaking Adaptation Of The True Story of Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett Plays Out In MACK & MABEL
Trevor Ashley returns to Hayes Theatre, this time to direct Jerry Herman (Music) and Michael Stewart's (Book) a moving MACK & MABEL....
BWW Review: GREASE is the Word at Star Of The Sea Theatre Manly
A bunch of horny working-class high school delinquent adolescents celebrate their final year of high school, what could possibly go wrong? This latest effort by Manly Musical Society takes on the classic musical about those summer nights and the trials, love triangles and memory-making to follow. Ma...
BWW Review: Lane Cove Theatre Company's THE JUNGLE BOOK Is A Delightful Revisiting Of The Childhood Classic
Lane Cove Theatre Company brings Rudyard Kipling's THE JUNGLE BOOK to life in a family friendly Community Theatre stage adaptation....
BWW Review: With An Insight Into The Movie Making Business, SPEED THE PLOW Is A Gripping Example Of The Dilemmas Of Starting Over
David Mamet's satirical look inside the world of Hollywood movie making unfolds with simplicity in SPEED THE PLOW....
BWW REVIEW: Andrew Upton's Adaptation of A FLEA IN HER EAR Is A Fabulously Fun Farce
Georges Feydeau's early 20th Century French farce is given further complexity in Andrew Upton's adaptation of A FLEA IN HER EAR. Under the Simon Phillips direction, Sydney Theatre Company presents a hilariously delicious layered confection of cotton candy stickiness and fluff....
BWW REVIEW: A LIFE IN THE THEATRE Shares The World On The Other Side Of The Curtain
Director Helen Dallimore breathes new life into David Mamet's A LIFE IN THE THEATRE. Letting the audience into the backstage secrets with humour and honesty, this fast paced two hander is recognisable for actors and enlightening for non performers....
BWW Review: The Power Of Pets Plays Out In SWEET PHOEBE
Michael Gow's one act play, SWEET PHOEBE examines a relationship precariously positioned on the edge of 'perfection' at the Old Fitz Theatre...
BWW Review: FESTIVAL FATALE was Femme-tastic! at Eternity Playhouse
Chances for women to create, produce and perform their own stories is such an important opportunity that many hope soon becomes a prevalent element of the Australian theatre landscape. Women in Theatre & Screen is an organisation putting their money where their power is, on stages and screens advoca...
BWW Review: RATS Has Heart and a Few Twists in its Tail at Old 505 Theatre
It was at the time nothing more than a media gaffe when a radio broadcaster called a garrison of Australian soldiers stationed in Libya 'rats in a trap'. In true Aussie spirit, the slight was transformed into a mark of pride and 'The Rats of Tobruk', known for their scavenging and tunnelling became ...
BWW Review: Immersive Theatre Takes A Pleasantly Surprising Turn Into The Ladies Lavatories in CHAMBER POT OPERA
Drawing on the camaraderie and solace found in the Ladies Lavatories, three strangers with vastly different back stories come together in a sisterhood with some beautiful music....
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