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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....
BWW REVIEW: OTHELLO Gets A Contemporary Treatment Proving Some Things Are Still As Topical 4 Centuries Later
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....
BWW REVIEW: Technology and Design Combine With Modern Opera In Opera Australia's Unique “Silent Opera” Staging Of SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE – THE OPERA, THE EIGHTH WONDER
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Opera Australia, the innovative staging of SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE - THE OPERA, THE EIGHTH WONDER blends technology and tradition with the iconic sails as a backdrop....
BWW REVIEW: Avi Avital And The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Present A Breathtaking Concert Filled With Energy And Emotion
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's (ABO) charismatic Artistic Director and Conductor Paul Dyer has bought Grammy Award Nominated Mandolin player, Avi Avital, back to Australia for another captivating concert series, 2 years after his first appearance...
BWW Review: THE TURQUOISE ELEPHANT Trumpets the Absurdities of Now at Griffin Theatre
There is little on this planet more absurd than the way we, the human race, treat it; nonetheless the final offering of Griffin Theatre mainstage for the year comes pretty close. The Turquoise Elephant extrapolates the bizarre misconduct of modern society for a pre-apocalyptic glimpse into the life ...
BWW Review: DRACULA is a Jolly Good Old Thrill at Genesian Theatre
Step back in time for a night of gothic sets, raving lunatics, heroes and heroines; And of course, you can Count on a vampire or two. Bram Stoker's Dracula receives a Rocky Horror refresh, in this latest season at the Genesian Theatre. Being a seminal classic, The Genesian Theatre stalls are the per...
BWW REVIEW: Kate Ceberano And Paul Grabowsky Present A Live And Loose Concert of LOVE SONGS at City Recital Hall
Australian singer Kate Ceberano has paired with ARIA and Helpmann Award winning pianist Paul Grabowsky to share their LOVE SONGS concert with City Recital Hall....
BWW REVIEW: Sydney Theatre Company Delivers Another Fabulously Witty WHARF REVUE with BACK TO BITE YOU
The amazing creative minds of Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott have come together again for a look at Australian and Global politics with THE WHARF REVUE: BACK TO BITE YOU....
BWW Review: MARAT/SADE Rebels and Reaches for the Heartstrings at New Theatre
Part LES MISERABLES, part Quills, part Australia's backyard, Marat/Sade is a raucous and real-life inspection into the lives of the politically disenfranchised, told through the inmates of what was in Peter Weiss' 1960s original the asylum of Charenton, but in Barry French's direction, could be any ...
BWW Review: WHO SPEAKS FOR ME is Beautiful Insight Into Western Sydney at Riverside Theatres
Three families take the stage bearing stories of far-flung travel, uncertain futures and the search for a voice to share their journeys. National Theatre of Parramatta presents another fantastic channel into the diverse community of Western Sydney, Who Speaks for Me?...
BWW Review: SISTER CITIES Is An Amusing Expression Of A Dysfunctional Family Finding Their Way In the Face Of Death
Colette Freedman's internationally acclaimed play SISTER CITIES finally comes to Sydney under the astute direction of Roz Riley....
BWW Review: The Question Of What Love Means Is Raised When A Volatile, Passionate Life Is Exposed In THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 German film THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT is given a new Australian update by Director Shane Bosher....
BWW Review: ANTIGONE Is Exquisite Ode To The Past, Message For The Present at Seymour Centre
Sport for Jove's reputation has gone from strength to strength this past year for presenting Sydney's most gripping, topical and connective theatre canon, as part of which Damien Ryan's adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone is absolutely at home. A transportation of an ancient Greek tragedy into the con...
BWW Review: THE CARTOGRAPHER'S CURSE Brings The Message Home at Riverside Theatres
In the modern age of social media, technological advancement in communication, and engineering developments for transport, the ability to connect across borders and boundaries into new countries and cultures is easier than ever. Conversely, forces of xenophobia, warfare and politics have strengthene...
BWW Review: David Campbell Is Sensational As Bobby Darin In The World Premiere Of DREAM LOVER: THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL
New musical DREAM LOVER: THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL is an amazing, honest tribute to the life of the American singer, songwriter, actor and political activist....
BWW Review: THRENODY Cuts to the Quick in New Australian Work at Old Fitz Theatre
It's the oldest story in the book. Girl trapped inside all her life seeks freedom, and upon finding it discovers a world full of danger, depravity and disaster whereupon she questions the worth and purpose of her very existence as narrated by a quintet of pithy, verbose vixens....
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Temple of Desire Karma Dance (6/04-6/05) |
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Play In A Day: Henry VI Part 2 The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 (9/15-9/15) |
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The Drover's Wife Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (8/07-8/15) |
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First, Do No Harm by Grace Malouf KXT on Broadway (6/24-7/04) |
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Tootsie Teatro - at The Italian Forum (5/26-6/21) |
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Beetlejuice the Musical Capitol Theatre, Sydney (11/21-1/10) |
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ChorusOz Aida Sydney Opera House (6/07-6/07) |
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Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout Saraton Theatre (10/11-10/11) |
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Flare With The Metropolitan Orchestra on June 6th in Sydney The Verbrugghen Hall (6/06-6/06) |
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Piss Be With You Cleo Rapture (2/23-6/02) |
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