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Review Part 2: THE LITERATI at SBW Stables Theatre
One can simply never tell, when entering The Stables...
BWW Review Part 1: THE LITERATI at SBW Stables Theatre
The pursuit of an original idea is the most fruitless of our generation, it might perhaps be pertinent to say, as it is inferred in Justin Fleming's The Literati which itself is modernised after Moliere's 17th century comedy 'Le Femmes Savantes'. Premiered to the world at The Stables by a partnershi...
BWW Review: STOLEN Is A Stirring Expression Of A Terrible Part Of Australia's History
Australia's horrific history of taking Aboriginal children from their families plays out in STOLEN with moving modern "song lines" and storytelling....
BWW Review: Sequins, Feathers And Fabulousness Aplenty At THAILAND LADYBOY SUPERSTARS
The iconic Thai drag and transgender cabaret comes to the Big top at Moore Park with THAILAND LADYBOY SUPERSTARS....
BWW Review: SENIOR MOMENTS Shares The Frustrations And Stereotypes Of The More Mature
A comedy revue filled with music and memories, SENIOR MOMENTS caters to the aging population....
BWW Review: 7 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF SIMON LABROSSE Is Live Theatre's Surreal Answer To Reality TV But With More Substance And Heart
Carole Frechette's 7 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF SIMON LABROSSE welcomes the audience in to view one optimistic, entrepreneurial unemployed man's life from the comfort of his warehouse apartment....
BWW Review: SSO's NOTHING HAS CHANGED pays tribute to Bowie at Sydney Opera House
Amidst the anguish of music-lovers everywhere mourning the all-too-recent passing of icons from the previous fifty years, there is bound to be offered an opportunity to gather and commune at the altar of the music that made them so dear to us. The loss of David Bowie was not felt so much by the main...
BWW Review: BAD JEWS Is A High Energy Comedy Of What Happens When Family Are Forced Together
BAD JEWS is the hilarious, fiery reunion of three cousins as they come together to mourn the passing of their grandfather....
BWW Review: Stories Of Love, Loss, And Loneliness Are Unearthed As The Intertwined Lives Of Three Women with A Russian Connection Are Exposed in MOTHERLAND
Based on real people and true stories, Katherine Lyall-Watson's MOTHERLAND tells the story of how the lives of three women, who find themselves far from home, have intersected over the course of the twentieth century....
BWW Review: Tragedy And Comedy Come Together With Two Sides Of An Irish Tale In HOWIE THE ROOKIE
A grittier underworld of suburban Dublin is exposed as two stories come together in the tragic, grotesque comedy, HOWIE THE ROOKIE....
BWW Review: Camp, Comic, Sugary Fluff, XANADU THE MUSICAL Is A Retro Feel-Good Night Of Nostalgia.
Douglas Carter Beane's (Book) Award Winning stage adaptation of XANADU THE MUSICAL comes alive at Hayes in a bright, shiny explosion of high camp colour....
BWW Review: AS WE FORGIVE Challenges Our Views On Vengeance, Hatred and Forgiveness
Tom Holloway's AS WE FORGIVE asks the audience to re-evaluate their perceptions of vengeance, hatred and the extent of forgiveness through three separate stories, presented by sole performer Robert Jarman....
BWW Review: MY NAME IS ASHER LEV Speaks to our Hearts and our Arts at Eternity Playhouse
If there is anything an audience can relate to in contemporary theatre, it is the concept of struggling to forge ahead with one's own individual passions whilst navigating the traditions of the past and the expectations of those who, having grown up in more desperate times, had only such traditions ...
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BWW Review: DAFFODILS [INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS] Is A Beautifully Presented Story Of Love, Life And Family Secrets
New Zealand's Rochelle Bright's tribute to her parents plays out in the poignant cabaret DAFFODILS [INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS]....
BWW Review: Sport For Jove's Production Of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Continues To Question Society's Views On Women
Sport for Jove's interpretation of William Shakespeare's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW highlights that society hasn't come that far since the 16th Century....
BWW Review: WE WILL ROCK YOU: Part Rock Concert, Part Homage to Queen, Part Warning Of The Dependence On Technology And Part Rediscovery Of Free Expression
Ben Elton (Writer and Director) has delivered a new incarnation of WE WILL ROCK YOU for Australian audiences to multiple standing ovations....
BWW Review: WONDERFUL TOWN BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO BROADWAY CLASSIC at Sydney Opera House
In a partnership that proved you can teach an old dog new tricks, Squabbalogic and Sydney Philarmonia Choirs paired choral force with vaudeville vibes to reinvent Leonard Bernstein's classic Wonderful Town. This tale of two sisters trying to make it in 1950s New York has contributed to the blue prin...
BWW Review: SOUNDS LIKE HEAVEN A DIVINE MOTHER'S DAY OUT at Independent Theatre
Mother's Day gives the most important women in our lives a chance to be celebrated, treated to a little breakfast in bed, and for some, a nice day at the opera! Pacific Opera, a company developing Australia's emerging talent, presented Sounds Like Heaven yesterday to standing ovation, a showcase of ...
BWW Review: Teenage Thirst for Knowledge About Sex, Love And Relationships Plays Out In SPRING AWAKENING
SPRING AWAKENING proves that the issues of sexuality, relationships and the need for knowledge that challenged teenagers in the 19th Century are still as relevant in the 21st Century....
BWW Review: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's MOZART REQUIEM: 100 VOICES Brings Baroque Music To A New Generation
The rich old world sound of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Brandenburg Choir is given a new youthful dimension with the Brandenburg Young Voices Choir for MOZART REQUIEM: 100 VOICES concert....
BWW Review: BELLEVILLE POLISHES OFF PARIS at Old Fitz Theatre
They say it's never one moment that turns paradise into peril, but a series of small, indiscernible hairline fractures that suddenly at the most innocent of moments cause a shattering from which no hope of rebuilding can be drawn. Although the events that transpire in Belleville bear a little more d...
BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD Is A Window Into The End Of A Era For The Affluent
Exposing the complacency of an aristocratic family in a changing world, David Mamet's adaptation of Anton Chekov's farcical tragedy, THE CHERRY ORCHARD unfolds at New Theatre....
BWW Review: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AN ENCHANTING WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE at Sydney Opera House
When the theatre-going Sydneysider is hunting for a story unlike any other, set amongst the most powerful of creatures and the most notable moments in modern history, told with passion and humour and dulcet sublimity, where else but the White House?!...
BWW Review: The Comedy Of 1950's Murder Mystery Movies Comes To The Stage With New Australian Musical, THE DETECTIVE'S HANDBOOK
The latest offering at Hayes Theatre, THE DETECTIVE'S HANDBOOK is a well crafted parody of 1950's crime movies, filled with beat poetry, musical pastiche and slapstick comedy....
BWW Review: DISGRACED Faces Your Fears at Sydney Theatre Company
Beg, borrow, or steal a ticket to this show. It is peerless in the present landscape of Sydney theatre, a razor-sharp scintillation that remarks most precisely on current culture. It is what this reviewer has long been waiting for, and prays becomes a zeitgeist for contemporary Australian narratives...
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