SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA THEATER REVIEWS

B-GIRL follows a housewife's journey as the Glam Rock Fantasy world in her mind gives her the strength to change her future....

Set in the modern day, THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER explores the human side of war as fragments of history are pieced together in a deeply moving play....

Transporting Shakespeare's 16th Century story of money and greed to the 1930's gives a contemporary understanding to THE MERCHANT OF VENICE in this beautifully styled work. The wonderful balance of dark and lightness in the work is captured by the skilled cast as they combine the original language ...

The New Zealand Dance Company joins with the local City of Holroyd Brass Band to evoke the memories of the Rotunda Bands prominent in the early 20th century and tell the ANZAC story through modern dance and music in ROTUNDA....

Stories of lives SHIVERED into splinters due to war, failed industry and broken families are pieced together in Philip Ridley's moving work. Mad March Hare Theatre Company's Claudia Barrie (Director) has interpreted Ridley's text with humour, honesty, energy, and reality whilst placing the disjoint...

James Dalton(Director) presents Brooke Robinson's ANIMAL/PEOPLE as a rollercoaster of ideas and emotions as the stories of two people, affected by traumas that go on to haunt their lives, are pieced together....

Kirsten Von Bibra (Director) and Kate Cole (Pilot) have interpreted George Brant's GROUNDED to create a moving work that explores the life of a female former F16 Fighter Pilot as she is forced to give up 'The Blue' at 80,000ft in exchange for domesticity and 'The Grey' of the 'Chairforce', going to ...

Cruelty and compassion of humanity are presented against a backdrop of the propaganda and pointlessness of war in the Australian Premiere of Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Peter Duchan's moving musical adaptation of DOGFIGHT....

Edward Allan Baker's one act play DOLORES is presented with passion and pathos and a dose of hilarity at the Old Fitz Theatre....

Richard Brinsley Sheridan's SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, first staged in London in 1777, is given a modern treatment by New Theatre with great success....

Nicholas Hope's FIVE PROPERTIES OF CHAINMALE touches on five aspects of male narcissism in this 60 minute compilation....

Ira Levin's 1978 comedy thriller DEATHTRAP is bought to life by Darlinghurst Theatre Co and proves that the work is still captivating 37 years later. The mysterious play within a play has the audience guessing and gasping till the very end as the creation and the creators blur the lines between the...

In an age when body shapes are predominantly defined by exercise and diet, UNDRESSED: 350 YEARS OF UNDERWEAR IN FASHION gives a glimpse into times where clothing, in particular, undergarments, moulded bodies into the desired silhouettes....

Cult Classic ROCKY HORROR SHOW returns to Sydney to thrill audiences with Craig McLachlan slipping back into the fishnets and suspenders. Whilst this production has been touring the country for over a year, it is finally Sydney's turn to join the hedonistic party....

Tim Winton's classic Australian Children's story, BUGALUGS BUM THIEF is retold with enthusiasm, physicality and music, delighting both the preprimary and primary school target audience and adults alike....

The audience at Hayes Theatre are transported to a smoky 1920's Bowery district Speakeasy with their latest cabaret offering, IRVING BERLIN: SONGS IN THE KEY OF BLACK which merges the fabulous voice of Lucy Maunder with the music of one of the greatest American songwriters....

The documentary, Handing Down the Tunes, made by Ken Lynam, details the life, times and music of the great Irish musician, Tommy McCarthy...

Griffin Theatre Company's latest offering CARESS/ACHE examines the importance of touch on human existence as 10 individuals experience a myriad of emotions and responses to physical and emotional stimuli with moving effect as their lives intertwine. Director Anthony Skuse has interpreted Suzie Mill...

Sydney Theatre Company hosts Melbourne Theatre Company's production of April De Angelis' JUMPY which blends comedy with the challenges of getting older as 50 year old Hilary deals with family, friendships and feminism....

Giuseppe Verdi's AIDA, written to open the Khedivial Opera House in Egypt in 1871, proves its timelessness as Director Gale Edwards blends old and new worlds on the waterfront stage. With a 18meter tall partial ruins of the head of Nefertiti towering over Farm Cove, the original setting in Egypt ha...

LES MISERABLES returns to Sydney with a reworked score, new music and reimagined staging, earning a standing ovation from the Opening Night Audience. Whilst many fans of the classic musical will be familiar with the 1985 original, they will not be disappointed with the new treatment and the wonderf...

Elise McCann shares a brief insight into the life of Lucille Ball, behind the scenes, during the 9 year run of "I LOVE LUCY" in her one woman show EVERYBODY LOVES LUCY as she takes on the persona of the famous redhead along with an example of the show's target audience, the average American housewif...

LE NOIR – THE DARK SIDE OF CIRQUE showcases the skills and technique of the circus from the grace of the Lira Aerial Hoop to the heart stopping Wheel of Death in the unusual space of a traditional theatre auditorium....

New Theatre's latest offering tells the story of a reunion between an estranged father and son in a wet Alice Springs in 2039 as it unearths the history of 4 generations while the world is faced with apocalyptic flooding and falling fish in Andrew Bovell's WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING....

Tim Draxl returns to the Cabaret Stage and reprises his beautiful tribute FREEWAY - THE CHET BAKER JOURNEY with care and detail....