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BWW Reviews: DAYLIGHT SAVING, a look at the challenge of holding on to summer(s) filled with laughs, loves and longing.
Darlinghurst Theatre Company is the latest theatre company to re-stage the work of Nick Enright, this time with the clever and humorous DAYLIGHT SAVING. Director Adam Cook brings new life to this work that, in covering the challenges of careers, relationships, desire and "wanting it all", remains a...
BWW Reviews: CYRANO DE BERGERAC is a delightful story of love and longing, filled with many laughs.
Sydney Theatre Company brings Edmond Rostand's CYRANO DE BERGERAC to life with a new staging of Andrew Upton's adaptation of the classic love story. The fast paced, witty interpretation starring Richard Roxburgh, as the soldier poet with the unfortunate nose, Cyrano De Bergerac, had the audience ro...
BWW Reviews: KILLING TIME is Mitchell Butel's delightful study of stages of the day, life and the passage of time.
Mitchell Butel returns to the cabaret stage with KILLING TIME, first performed at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2010. The award winning busy actor and singer is taking Sunday nights off from his role in EMERALD CITY and television and movie work to share this updated show with Sydney audiences. ...
BWW Reviews: SWITZERLAND turns the tables on the reclusive mystery writer.
Sydney Theatre Company's latest offering, SWITZERLAND, by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith draws on the life of Texan native Patricia Highsmith, famous for writing psychological thrillers with her most famous character being Tom Ripley, to create an insight into the writer's reclusive life ...
BWW Reviews: EMERALD CITY is an incredible piece of theatre that captures the greed of the 80's in the Harbour City.
The Griffin Theatre Company's production of David Williamson's EMERALD CITY is an amazing piece of theatre that captures the complexity of surviving in 1980's Sydney beautifully....
BWW Reviews: THE WHARF REVUE: OPEN FOR BUSINESS, a hilarious political satire with polish and precision.
THE WHARF REVUE: OPEN FOR BUSINESS is a fast paced, cleverly scripted and superbly delivered political satire where all the players in the current political landscape are fair game, and even a few old names are included....
BWW Reviews: MIRACLE CITY, a musical tale of cheesy TV evangelism with a twist comes back to life at Hayes Theatre.
The one act, 90 minute, MIRACLE CITY is a humorous jab at television evangelists whilst exploring humanity's darker side and exposing the truths beneath the bright shiny orchestrated images. It provides an enjoyable evening of laughs, strong singing and some plot twists which ensure that the musica...
BWW Reviews: CELTIC LEGENDS brings a taste of Ireland's music and dance to delight audiences of all ages.
CELTIC LEGENDS is a high energy taste of Irish culture, showcasing some of Ireland's talent. With a simple set of 6 lit banners topped with a celtic knot, the 6 piece band drive the show from the rear of the stage with both their own musical features and providing music for the 18 dancers....
BWW Reviews: SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM is an intimate evening with Creator and his creations
Squabbalogic's production of SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM helps to answer the question that the NEW YORK magazine posed in 1994, "Is Stephen Sondheim God?". The revue of Sondheim's work, originally conceived and directed in 2010 by James Lapine, who has had a long connection with the composer, takes the au...
Reflections: POTTED POTTER, Twice The Fun
I was able to watch the unstoppable, nearly nine-year-old touring production of two-time Olivier Award nominees Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner's parody POTTED POTTER: The Unauthorized Harry Experience twice: the first time was at Little Shubert Theatre Off-Broadway, which starred Clarkson and ...
BWW Reviews: Capitol Theatre's WICKED
Over a decade after it first opened on Broadway, hit musical Wicked still continues to make audiences rise to their feet in standing ovation all around the world. Last night, Thursday the 25th of September marked Wicked's return to Sydney after a few years absence and it was as though it never left....
BWW Reviews: THE LAST CONFESSION goes behind the walls of the Vatican to examine mystery, manipulation and a possible murder
Well recognised British actor David Suchet is joined by an international cast to bring Roger Crane's mystery, THE LAST CONFESSION, to Australian audiences with the right mix of emotion, passion and humour. Crane explores the sudden death of Pope John Paul I, 33 days after his election in this clev...
BWW Reviews: LOVEBiTES explores love via a series of vignettes with lots of laughs and a few tears
Peter Rutherford and James Millar's LOVEBITES is a witty musical that explores a number of different types of relationships from the perspectives of new love and the effect of time with the occasional twist. This latest staging makes good use of the intimate space at Hayes Theatre and is a tight an...
BWW Reviews: Opera Australia and John Frost's THE KING AND I
Before Thursday's opening night, Opera Australia and John Frost's revival of the Rodger and Hammerstein classic musical The King and I was already a resounding success following positive reviews during it's run in Melbourne, impressive advanced ticket sales and a Helpmann Award for Best Musical. It ...
BWW Reviews: TAKE ME HOME – THE MUSIC & LIFE OF JOHN DENVER delights Denver fans in this moving tribute
The historic State Theatre in Sydney was filled with John Denver fans on Sunday night and they were not disappointed. New Zealander Bevan Gardiner recreates Denver's sound beautifully and even looks like the man he pays tribute to with blonde hair and western shirt. The show, produced with John De...
BWW Reviews: HELPMANN AWARDS 2014 Announced at Sydney's Capitol Theatre
The Helpmann Awards, which has recognised the achievements in live performance in Australia since 2001, is the Australian industry's equivalent of the Tony Awards and the Olivier Awards....
BWW Reviews: More Paean Than Parody in BRITNEY SPEARS: THE CABARET in Australia
Under the musical direction of Mathew Frank, Whelan-Browne lets Britney's songs reveal telling stories often lost within their pop/heavily auto-tuned original versions. Familiar songs, from Out from Under, to Toxic to Lucky are suddenly interesting, and often achingly autobiographical in content....
BWW Reviews: HELPMANN AWARDS 2014 NOMINATIONS Announced Across Australia
The Helpmann Awards are Australia's version of Broadway's Tony Awards and London's Olivier Awards. The annual awards recognise achievement in live performance including musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, cabaret, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre....
BWW Reviews: SWEET DREAMS: SONGS BY ANNIE LENNOX is Michael Griffiths' Latest Musical Homage
Michael Griffiths delves into the love and life of award winning singer and songwriter, Annie Lennox, in his latest cabaret SWEET DREAMS: SONGS BY ANNIE LENNOX in this beautifully crafted tribute....
BWW Reviews: DAVID CAMPBELL SINGS JOHN BUCCHINO Brings the Composer's Stories Behind the Songs to the Stage
Whilst many may have come to see DAVID CAMPBELL SINGS JOHN BUCCHINO based on David Campbell's local profile, the audience was treated to a wonderful insight into the man behind the music, the award winning, John Bucchino. The show was very much Bucchino's story and Campbell was the voice for the mu...
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2014: AN EVENING WITH DARLENE LOVE and Her Powerhouse Voice
The final weekend of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival bought the incredible Darlene Love's concert An Evening with Darlene Love to an enthusiastic Adelaide audience for a one night only engagement....
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2014: MARK NADLER'S RUNNIN' WILD – SONGS AND SCANDALS OF THE ROARING 20'S Transports Adelaide to the Era of Prohibition
In a white dinner jacket and striped waistcoat, toting a violin case Mark Nadler sets the mood for his new show Runnin' Wild - Songs and Scandals of the Roaring 20's with his own arrangement of Cole Porter's Lets Misbehave, and Lets Do It and Harrington Gibbs, Joel Grey and Leo Wood's Runnin' Wild a...
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FRINGE FESTIVAL 2014: DIRTY THIRTY Megan Doherty Continues Her Journey of Discovery
Adelaide local Megan Doherty brings her next instalment of her personal growth to the stage with her new show DIRTY THIRTY....
BWW Reviews: A Little Slice Of New York - And A Whole Lot Of Heart: David Campbell Sings John Bucchino
The best cabaret hurts your heart a little, it tells you something about life, and love. This, then, is cabaret at its finest. Bucchino's songs are beautifully detailed accounts of his life - of love affairs, and mistakes, and risks taken - essentially, all the things worth singing about....
BWW Reviews: Baz Luhrmann's STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICAL
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived" or so say the characters of Strictly Ballroom in both the musical and the 1992 original film. Anyone who has ever seen anything created by Baz Luhrmann would agree that Baz never does anything by halves and he is certainly fearless. To take one of your mos...
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Australia) Sydney Lyric (3/09-4/04) |
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Hayes Theatre (5/22-6/21) |
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Macbeth Sydney Opera House (11/18-12/06) |
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Shooting Hedda Gabler Seymour Centre (6/05-6/27) |
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