The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Sydney, Australia.
Drawing on the style of Shakespeare, writer Mike Bartlett looks to a future where Charles, Prince of Wales finally becomes KING CHARLES III.
Blending traditional and new choreography, Stephen Baynes' interpretation of SWAN LAKE is beautiful and poignant.
Thomas de Angelis' UNFINISHED WORKS contemplates the value society places on recognition rather than actual quality and doing what makes money versus what really means something.
Examining the variability of life and the power of love, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a touching tale of the challenges a father faces in a changing world.
There comes a moment for every child when you realise that the floor is not made of lava, and not because it suits you for it to be carpet so you can stop playing and have dinner, but because lava and carpet are completely different things that can never be the same or cross-mutable.
For its fifth year, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour and Opera Australia have delivered another stunning production with TURANDOT, confirming its position as one of the world's greatest outdoor operas.
Shake & Stir Theatre Company has bought Emily Bronte's dark and twisted story of love and revenge into the 21st Century with its interpretation of WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
The 1990 movie of love beyond death is bought to the stage with GHOST THE MUSICAL.
THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS delights Anglophiles with a recreation of the relaxed closing concert of the British summer season.
Bright, energetic and extremely precise, GOLEM is a modern fable warning of the dangers of blindly following trends and allowing technology to dictate human existence.
If you could interview one living person in the litany of Australian creative gems, who would you choose?
A long-time favourite among Australian audiences, Dead Men Talking made a one-night stop in Sydney to tell the next chapter in the lives of two of the nation's best-known writers.
No concept is ever simple, ladies and gentlemen, but if you are lucky the mercy will be in whether the concept is short and sweet, or exhaustive and painful.
Artistic Director and Conductor has paired Olivier Messiaen's contemporary orchestral work, Des Canons aux etoiles (FROM THE CANYONS TO THE STARS) with Deborah O'Grady's images to present a unique experience.
MACHU PICCHU looks at the unpredictability of life as plans and perfection are derailed.
It wouldn't be Mardi Gras without a tribute to legend community icon Judy Garland, but only a few have the claim Daniel Downing's show has - epic vocal talent and a perspective too often forgotten.
Two reality TV stars.
Intertwining Romanticism and Reason, Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA explores two worlds, inhabiting the same space, two centuries apart.
The energetic, engaging and enthusiastic Maurice Steger joins with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra to delight audiences with the amazingly complex music that he can produce from the seemingly simple instrument for RECORDER REVOLUTIONARY.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, the dark and twisted rock musical about love, desire and a mysterious pot plant thrilled the opening night audience at Hayes Theatre.
Stephen Sewell's THE BLIND GIANT IS DANCING exposes the greed and corruption that got in the way of socialist ideals in 1970's and 80's Australian politics.
A man walks into a bathhouse.
Gina Schien has created a work that speaks to all people, regardless of gender or persuasion in the fabulously funny THE PUNTER'S SIREN.
What is it about love that captures the artist so wholly and capitalises so perpetually? Why is it that no two things written about love seem to be the same, or have the same resonance, but every new contribution exists as a thrilling dimension to this emotion seemingly essential to human life? In t
Giuseppe Verdi's LUISA MILLER exposes the intrigue, in its darkest form, that threatens the purest of love.
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Reefer Madness Pioneer Theatre (11/13-11/22) |
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Cirque Alice Sydney Lyric Theatre (9/25-10/11) VIDEOS |
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A Beautiful Noise Sydney Lyric Theatre (11/14-12/20) |
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Strike a chord Eternity Playhouse (9/16-9/19) |
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Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of) Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House (7/16-8/30) VIDEOS |
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Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) Merrigong Theatre Company (9/02-9/13) |
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin Genesian Theatre (9/04-10/10) |
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Forget Me, Please Forget Me, Please (9/01-9/11) PHOTOS |
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I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story Jetty Memorial Theatre (9/05-9/05) |
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Monty Python's Spamalot Coliseum Theatre, Rooty Hill (10/22-10/25) |
