The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Sydney, Australia.
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.
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.
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's Artistic Director Paul Dyer delivers another beautiful Christmas concert with 2016's NOËL NOËL.
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.
Angus Cerini's one man play RESPLENDENCE challenges late night theater goers at The Old Fitz to examine their control on their lives.
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.
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.
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.
Wayne Scott Kermond revives the beauty and frivolity of vaudeville, burlesque and cabaret music halls with this new production SPIEGEL'ESQUE.
Cementing her position in Sydney's Cabaret scene, Catherine Alcorn shares a night incredible music and some personal patter in her new show CATHARTIC.
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.
Trevor Ashley returns to Hayes Theatre, this time to direct Jerry Herman (Music) and Michael Stewart's (Book) a moving MACK & MABEL.
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.
Lane Cove Theatre Company brings Rudyard Kipling's THE JUNGLE BOOK to life in a family friendly Community Theatre stage adaptation.
David Mamet's satirical look inside the world of Hollywood movie making unfolds with simplicity in SPEED THE PLOW.
Georges Feydeau's early 20th Century French farce is given further complexity in Andrew Upton's adaptation of A FLEA IN HER EAR.
Director Helen Dallimore breathes new life into David Mamet's A LIFE IN THE THEATRE.
Michael Gow's one act play, SWEET PHOEBE examines a relationship precariously positioned on the edge of 'perfection' at the Old Fitz Theatre
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.
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'.
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.
Bell Shakespeare brings its tour of OTHELLO to Sydney, sharing Director Peter Evans interpretation of William Shakespeare's story of deception, jealousy, love, and betrayal.
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Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) Merrigong Theatre Company (9/02-9/13) |
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I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story Jetty Memorial Theatre (9/05-9/05) |
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Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of) Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House (7/16-8/30) VIDEOS |
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Especially On Birthdays Zenith Theatre and Convention Centre (9/27-9/27) |
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Monty Python's Spamalot Sydney Event Centre - The Star (10/15-10/18) |
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UPU Riverside Live @ PHIVE (8/28-8/29) |
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As For Me And My House Campbelltown Town Hall Theatre (10/15-10/18) |
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Reefer Madness Pioneer Theatre (11/13-11/22) |
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Morning Melodies: Christmas with Lucy Durack Kingston City Hall (12/08-12/08) |
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I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story Capitol Theatre Tamworth (9/16-9/16) |
