The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Sydney, Australia.
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.
It was every music theatre nerd's dream come true: Broadway legends from Australia and the States converging in Sydney to give intimate treatment to the songs of one of our generation's most acclaimed songwriters.
In lieu of the amount of times members of communities gay, straight, between, beyond have been teased with the promise of Madonna returning to Australia, anything will do to get one's Material Girl fix, and those of you who simply cannot wait for the latest carrot-dangle of her tour this time next m
Confronting, heartbreaking, and also hilarious, THE PRIDE draws the audience into two worlds, 50 years apart, highlighting that the horrific denial of love was not such a distant memory and still remains a challenge.
Tooth and Sinew theatre company have once again shown their penchant for controversy and passion in their latest offering, an abstraction of renowned Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson's Year of the Family.
Stephen Schwartz (Music and Lyrics) and John-Michael Tebelak's (Book) popular 70's Rock Opera is refreshed and revived in 2015 with GODSPELL REIMAGINED.
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The Shark Is Broken Foundry Theatre (8/28-9/27) |
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Inner Landscapes City Recital Hall (7/15-7/15) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation Glen Street Theatre (9/03-9/03) |
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Confetti & Chaos - Pokolbin Hunter Valley Resort & Farm (8/20-8/20) |
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Weddings and Parties Over Coffee Wesley Music Centre (8/11-8/11) |
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Morning Melodies: Christmas with Lucy Durack Kingston City Hall (12/08-12/08) |
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A Beautiful Noise Sydney Lyric Theatre (11/14-12/20) |
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Anastasia Sydney Lyric Theatre (4/07-7/19) VIDEOS |
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Weddings and Parties Over Coffee St. James Church, King St (8/09-8/09) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation Innisfail Shire Hall (8/07-8/07) |
