The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Sydney, Australia.
ELF: THE MUSICAL brings David Berenbaum’s(writer) 2003 comedy film to the musical theatre stage to the delight of families looking for some festive magic.
Irving Berlin’s (Music and Lyrics) feel-good film is given a stage musical makeover with HOLIDAY INN.
For a quarter of a century Jonathan Biggins, Phillip Scott and Drew Forsythe delivered an annual examination of Australian and International politics in the form of intelligent satire.
Timothy Sheader’s (Director) Olivier Award winning production of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber (Music) and Sir Tim Rices (Lyrics) JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR arrives at Capitol Theatre 52 years after the rock musical made its Australian premiere on the same stage.
Anthony Weigh (playwright) and Sarah Goodes’ (Director) SUNDAY gives audiences a glimpse into the life and loves of Sunday Reed, the force behind the Heide Circle of modernist artists that included Sidney Nolan.
The rock concert musical history lesson, SIX, delights and educates for another Sydney season.
Following on from a successful debut Off-Broadway, Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue’s (co writers, with Blue also Director) musical comedy tribute to Celine Dion and James Cameron’s cinema hit, TITANIQUE THE MUSICAL is delighting Sydney audiences.
YENTL, Gary Abrahams, Elise Hearst and Galit Klas’ adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, comes to Sydney following a successful Melbourne season.
DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the coming-of-age musical that centres on youth mental health arrives in Sydney in a new co-production between Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group.
REVIEW: Kym Vaitiekus shares his thoughts on FLAT EARTHERS: THE MUSICAL - Believe in original new work
REVIEW: Kym Vaitiekus shares his thoughts on FUCCBOIS LIVE IN CONCERT Fucc me, Bridie Connell is a phenomenal talent.
Playwright Isabella McDermott’s new work, CHAMPIONS, considers the world of visual art and the effect competition can have on the creators and the creations.
LA CLIQUE returns to the Sydney Opera House to celebrate the 20’th Anniversary of paving the way for the popular genre of “sexy circus” that blends circus, cabaret, vaudeville and burlesque.
Following a successful but short 2021 season, Carmel Dean’s song cycle WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN receives an encore season at Belvoir St Theatre.
REVIEW: Kym Vaitiekus shares his thoughts on GILGAMESH, Jack Symond's new epic Opera.
New work from Melanie Tait, THE QUEEN’S NANNY, is an amusing and enlightening tale about Marion Crawford, the Governess to the Princess that would become the UK’s longest reigning Queen.
Becca Hurd’s (playwright) PROBE makes its World Premiere at Old Fitz Theatre.
REVIEW: Kym Vaitiekus shares his thoughts on ADULT BUBBLE SHOW Kid wonder and salacious bubble antics create a Fringe Festival highlight.
Andew Lloyd Webber (Music), Don Black (Book & Lyrics) and Christopher Hampton’s (Book & Lyrics) SUNSET BOULEVARD is given a reworking for Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment by director Paul Warwick Griffin.
REVIEW: Kym Vaitiekus shares his thoughts on MAUI, bought to the Sydney Opera house by Fresh Movement Collective
REVIEW: Kym Vaitiekus shares his thoughts on A GAY ESCAPADE A rollicking queer Cabaret, not to be missed
PRIDE & PREJUDICE AN ADAPTION IN WORDS AND MUSIC shines a light on two important elements that go into understanding the Regency world that underpins Jane Austen’s famous novel of manners.
Casey Donovan brings her bold voice and brilliant comic sensibilities to lead the feel-good SISTER ACT, A DIVINE MUSICAL COMEDY.
In 2021 Lin-Manuel Miranda’s (Book, Music and Lyrics) multi-award-winning musical HAMILTON blew us all away and it is back for a final encore season at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre.
REVIEW: Kym Vaitiekus shares his thoughts on THE WOMAN IN BLACK.
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Bach & Charpentier – Music for Christmas St. James’ Church (11/15-11/15) |
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin Genesian Theatre (9/04-10/10) |
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The Shawshank Redemption Theatre Royal Sydney (1/02-1/31) VIDEOS |
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The Elixir of Love Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (1/29-3/12) |
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Monty Python's Spamalot Coliseum Theatre, Rooty Hill (10/22-10/25) |
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I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story Ballina RSL (10/18-10/18) |
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The Elevator Ensemble Theatre (9/18-10/18) |
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Aida on Sydney Harbour Mrs Macquaries Point, Sydney (3/27-4/25) |
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Snowflake Ensemble Theatre (10/30-11/21) |
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La Voix humaine & L’enfant et les sortilèges Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (2/05-2/05) |
