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BWW Reviews: Dark, Twisty and Hilarious. HEATHERS – THE MUSICAL Is A Fantastic Combination of Comedy And Black Humor
HEATHERS – THE MUSICAL blends the spirit of the dark and disturbed cult movie with fabulous music and an amazing Australian cast resulting in a must see show. Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy's (Book, Music and Lyrics) adaptation has been bought to the Sydney stage by theatre favourite Trevor As...
BWW Reviews: DETROIT Explores Life In The Suburbs Of Middle America
DETROIT explores the current issues facing suburban America following the Global Financial Crisis with humour and mystery as the reality of the story hits home....
BWW Reviews: Opera Australia's DON CARLOS Is A Feast For The Senses
Opera Australia pairs the beautiful grandeur of 17th Century Spain with Giuseppe Verdi's fabulous score as they bring DON CARLOS back to the Sydney Opera House....
BWW Reviews: GHOST STORIES Thrills And Chills Sydney Audiences
Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's horror play, GHOST STORIES challenges the notion of fear and its manifestation in the belief in ghosts....
BWW Reviews: LES MISERABLES Is Still Delighting Sydney Audiences
In celebration of the upcoming Bastille Day on the 14th of July, Cameron Mackintosh and the Ambassador of France, H.E. Mr Christophe Lecourtier hosted a celebratory performance of LES MISERABLES. Whilst BWW-Sydney reviewed the opening night on 26th March 2015, it was wonderful to get to see the wor...
BWW Reviews: THE DAPTO CHASER Takes A Look At The Hard Reality Of A Family Divided By Greyhound Racing And Gambling
Mary Rachel Brown's THE DAPTO CHASER lets the audience become a fly on the wall and witness a family torn apart by Greyhound racing and gambling....
BWW Reviews: AKIO! Follows One Boy's Journey Into The Video Games He Loves To Learn About Life, Courage and Love.
AKIO!, a modern day Wizard Of Oz story of sorts, follows a boy as he enters a world of his video games to find allies, enemies and wizards to work through quests to save a princess and gain confidence in the real world....
BWW Reviews: ALADDIN AND HIS WONDROUS LAMP Brings The Fun of Pantomime Back To Sydney This Winter
Bonnie Lythgoe's latest production, ALADDIN AND HIS WONDROUS LAMP invites audiences to get involved in the magic of pantomime....
BWW Reviews: LA TRAVIATA, a Tragic Love Story Of Pleasure, Passion And Prejudice Is Beautifully Bought to Life by Opera Australia
The tragic tale of the Courtesan and Nobleman, driven apart by a father concerned for his family's reputation is played out in Giuseppe Verdi's LA TRAVIATA....
BWW Reviews: An Hour In The Life of Three MEN Examines What Makes Them Tick And What Brings Them Undone.
Brendan Cowell's hilarious one act play MEN joins three men as they wait out time in a small room, discovering their deeper selves as the hour counts down....
BWW Reviews: LIKE ME Draws The Audience Into A Surreal World and Invites Them To Find Meaning In The Chaos
LIKE ME invites the audience to be immersed in the performance that surrounds them as they seek to understand the bizarre events that unfold around them...
BWW Reviews: Opera Australia's Presentation Of Puccini's Love Story TURANDOT Is a Feast For The Senses
Opera Australia's production of TURANDOT blends Puccini's famous music with striking costumes and elements of Chinese Opera to encourage the audience to imagine an Imperial China filled with crowds waiting for the execution of the latest suitor to fail the Princess' challenge....
BWW Reviews: BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL Brings A Dose of Americana To The Sydney Stage.
BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL delights fans of the movies with peppy songs and another story about social divides and the world of competitive cheerleading....
BWW Reviews: Rob Mills' First Foray Into Cabaret, ROB MILLS IS 'SURPRISINGLY GOOD' Is That And So Much More.
Newcomer to the Cabaret stage, Rob Mills proves that he is just as suited to the intimate genre as the big musical stages and television with his cabaret ROB MILLS IS 'SURPRISINGLY GOOD'....
BWW Reviews: RECEPTION: THE MUSICAL goes inside the mind of the woman behind the front desk.
Bethany Simons' RECEPTION: THE MUSICAL joins Hayes Theatre Co's CABARET SEASON 2015 with this one act account of her life behind the front desk at the Classical Music Academy. Blending original music and amusing anecdotes, Simons is joined by co-creator and pianist Peter de Jager in this piece of l...
BWW Reviews: Mills Sisters, Juliet and Hayley Play Feuding Faded Stars In The Hilarious LEGENDS As It Tours Australia
Making LEGENDS a family affair, Producer John Frost's latest show teams Hayley Mills, Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield in the update of James Kirkwood's 1986 comedy....
BWW Reviews: HELPMANN AWARDS 2015 NOMINATIONS Announced Across Australia
Tonight, the countdown to the 2015 HELPMANN AWARDS began with the announcement of the 2015 HELPMANN AWARDS Nominees....
BWW Reviews: Geraldine Quinn's Account of Her Life As a MODERN DAY MAIDEN AUNT Blends Honesty, Humor A Few Home Truths
Drawing on personal experience as a childless Aunt to her 19 nieces and nephews, Geraldine Quinn shares an honest and insightful account of her thoughts on being a MODERN DAY MAIDEN AUNT....
BWW Reviews: Play Within A Play, VENUS IN FUR Blurs The Lines Of Reality As The Sexes Struggle For Power
The comedy, sexuality, power struggle and mystery of David Ives' VENUS IN FUR thrills audiences at Eternity Playhouse. Grace Barnes' (Director) new treatment of the work that originally stunned Broadway and won numerous awards and nominations in America is kept simple, allowing Ives' clever script ...
BWW Reviews: Luigi Lucente channels the quieter side of Jim Morrison in KALIDOSCOPE
Luigi Lucente captures Jim Morrison's music, poetry and erratic style in KALEIDOSCOPE with a quiet reverence. Paring back rock songs to piano self-accompaniments, the lyrics and sensitivity of the songs are showcased, peppered with references to Morrison's unpredictability....
BWW Reviews: Rosa Waxoffski Gets Up Close And Very Personal In HAIR TO THE THRONE
Marnie McQueen returns to the Cabaret stage with HAIR TO THE THRONE, the latest offering from the larger than life, Rosa Waxoffski, the Russian Beautician...
BWW Reviews: In A Pub in Ireland, An Old Man Shares His Story While He Decides Whether To Have THE PARTING GLASS
Damien Leith blends an Irish "Pub Gig" with a father's story of secrets, regrets and love in THE PARTING GLASS: AN IRISH JOURNEY....
BWW Reviews: The Devastation Of Earthquakes That Affected Two Cities, Half A World Apart, Is Interpreted In Dance In FAULT LINES.
China's Sichuan Province based Leshan Song & Dance Troupe, in collaboration with New Zealand Choreographer Sara Brodie use contemporary dance to express the human responses to the earthquakes that changed China's Sichuan Province and New Zealand's Christchurch in FAULT LINES....
BWW Reviews: LITTLE DIANA AND THE BIG FUZZ Brings The Motown Sound To Potts Point This Winter
Bree Langridge and her band combine copious amounts of sequins, big hair and iconic songs in LITTLE DIANA AND THE BIG FUZZ as they channel Diana Ross and The Funk Brothers for an hour of music and stories....
BWW Reviews: John O'Hara Brings Late Night Calls to “The Love God” To The Cabaret Stage in DEDICATIONS
DEDICATIONS shares the lives and loves of 'The Love God's' listeners as they call in to a Late Night Radio program inspired by Sydney Radio personality Richard Mercer's 'Love Song Dedications'....
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