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BWW REVIEW: Powerful and Personal, Meyne Wyatt's First Play CITY OF GOLD Elicits Laughter, Tears And Hopefully A Desire To Make Australia A Better Place For Our First Nat
by Jade Kops - August 04, 2019
Acclaimed actor Meyne Wyatt's first foray into writing a play delivers a brilliantly powerful piece of theatre that centers on family and community whilst unashamedly exposing the racism towards Indigenous Australians that still exists.
BWW REVIEW: The Minefield Of Modern Dating Is Exposed as Toxic Misogyny And Feisty Feminism Go Head to Head in BANGING DENMARK.
by Jade Kops - August 03, 2019
Van Badham's new Australian play BANGING DENMARK is a fabulously funny schooling of the misogynistic men who think that having 'game' and getting girls is more important that being decent human beings.
KINKY BOOTS Struts Into Rockdale This September
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2019
Tickets are now on sale to Rockdale Musical Society's production of KINKY BOOTS .  This huge-hearted, high-heeled hit will be playing at Rockdale Town Hall from 6 September 2019 for 8 performances only and rounds out their incredibly successful 80th year celebrations.
THE LAST WIFE Comes to Ensemble Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2019
Ensemble Theatre will stage the Australian Premiere of Kate Hennig's THE LAST WIFE opening 30 August, which takes a fresh look at this stunning historical drama examining the dangerous sparring between King Henry VIII and his last wife, Katherine Parr, during a very complex and bloody time in English history.
Sydney Coliseum Theatre's Opening Week Program Goes On Pre-sale Next Week
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2019
Sydney Coliseum Theatre's all-star opening week program goes on pre-sale 10am Monday 5 August and GP on-sale 12noon Tuesday 6 August.
BWW REVIEW: TABLE Shares Over A Century Of Hopes, Heartaches and History Held In the Best Family's Humble Handcrafted Piece of Furniture
by Jade Kops - August 01, 2019
Tanya Ronder's TABLE holds the secrets of the Best Family in this intriguing and inventive expression of the old adage 'if this table could talk, the stories it could tell'.
Sydney Fringe Festival Unveils 10th Birthday Program
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2019
New South Wales' largest independent arts festival, Sydney Fringe Festival, today unveiled its most ambitious program. The 10th birthday celebration will include a takeover of The Rocks, City Tattersalls and surrounds, bringing life back to the CBD and stretch into the inner west and greater Sydney across 21 postcodes.
MINKY OPENS A GALLERY Comes to Sydney Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2019
A brand-new work from the pen of award-winning writer-director JOANNA WEINBERG is set to premiere at Sydney Fringe this Septembera??and it marks the stunning solo debut of comedian and actor JODINE HOLLI WOLMAN.
Start At The Gallery Celebrates Ten Years This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2019
The Art Gallery of South Australia's free family fun day, Start, celebrates 10 years this Sunday 4th August. Over the past decade, more than 86,500 visitors have enjoyed art-led experiences at 120 monthly events, encountered more than 100 exhibitions and displays, and explored culture and art through art-inspired tours and a multiplicity of creative workshops a?" art, music and performance a?" led by local, national and international artists, musicians and performers.
North Shore Theatre Company Returns To Zenith Theatre For THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2019
North Shore Theatre Company (NSTC) is returning home to the Zenith Theatre in Chatswood after a three year hiatus to open the hilarious musical farce The Drowsy Chaperone from 6 to 15 September 2019. 
Actors Benevolent Fund Holds Indoor Picnic And Cabaret Fundraising Event
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2019
ACTORS BENEVOLENT FUND'S most popular fundraiser event a?" the INDOOR PICNIC AND CABARET is back. This year marks 75 years that The Actors Benevolent Fund has provided assistance to performing arts professionals in times of need.
Trevor Ashley's THE LYIN' QUEEN Announced At Sydney Opera House From 26 November
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2019
Somewhere off the coast of Australia, through the misty waters near Maroochydore, lies an island. A mysterious atoll where it is said beasts of unimaginable terror roam. Legend has it that these monsters have been created - genetically engineered, if you will - by a genius. Well maybe not a genius, but certainly a force of nature.
Griffin Theatre Company Presents SPLINTER By Hilary Bell
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2019
Hilary Bell's disquieting and downright chilling thriller channels tabloid news and primal fears alike. [29 July 2019]  Griffin Theatre Company's Artistic Director Lee Lewis (The Bleeding Tree, Prima Facie) will direct Splinter, a spine-tingling psychological thriller from acclaimed Australian playwright Hilary Bell, starring Lucy Bell and Simon Gleeson, from 6 September.
BWW REVIEW: The Nature Of Powerful Masculinity In LORD OF THE FLIES Is Considered With An Ensemble That Does Not Conform To Traditional Casting Expectations.
by Jade Kops - July 29, 2019
Kip Williams presents Nigel Williams' adaptation of William Golding's Nobel Prize winning LORD OF THE FLIES with a new take on casting.
BWW REVIEW: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Returns To Sydney Even More Powerful Than Before
by Jade Kops - July 29, 2019
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is presented with even more power and gravity as Iain Sinclair's production, which started life at Old Fitz Theatre in 2017, opens at Ensemble Theatre. 
BWW REVIEW: The Musical Adaptation Frank Abagnale Jr's Life Comes To Hayes Theatre With the Wonderfully Vibrant CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.
by Jade Kops - July 28, 2019
The musical adaptation of Steven Steven Spielberg's screenplay(2002) of Frank William Abagnale Jr's autobiography (1980, written by Abagnale and Stan Redding) is given the intimate Hayes Theatre treatment for an evening of high energy song and dance as one of the America's most famous fraudsters is bought to life in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. 
BWW REVIEW: THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN Shines A Light On Life In Ireland To Expose the Flawed Nature of Humanity
by Jade Kops - July 27, 2019
Martin McDonagh's dark comic style shines in Mad March Hare Theatre Company and Red Line Productions' presentation of THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN. 
THE ART OF BANKSY EXHIBITION - THE GIRL WITH RED BALLOON Announced In Sydney
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2019
THE ART OF BANKSY, the world's largest touring collection of Banksy's works, will open at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney from Friday 13th September. THE ART OF BANKSY has already generated international excitement when it visited Melbourne, Tel Aviv, Auckland, Toronto and Miami, and now this unique exhibition comes to Australia for a limited season.
Sydney Theatre Company Presents BANGING DENMARK By Van Badham
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2019
From the pen of Australian playwright and social commentator Van Badham comes Banging Denmark a?" a swinging satire on the men who claim to understand the 'female mind' and the online culture that inspires them, opening at The Studio, Sydney Opera House this July.
THE GREATEST MAGIC SHOW Comes to Sydney Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2019
For the first time ever SHOWMEN PRODUCTIONS are coming to Sydney presenting THE GREATEST MAGIC SHOW as part of SYDNEY FRINGE from 20 to 22 September. This multi award-winning magic show comes to Sydney from sell-out shows at Melbourne's Spiegeltent and a season at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Present IN THE MOOD
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2019
Join Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' acclaimed Chamber Singers for a breezy night of entertainment as they flip through the pages of the Great American Songbook, crooning some of the finest vocal standards of the 20th century by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Fats Waller, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Richard Rodgers and Joe Garland; along with a few surprises.
New Ghosts Theatre Company Presents UNFOLD
by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2019
New Ghosts Theatre Company prides itself in facilitating new work, debuting the best international scripts locally and collaborating with Australia's most up and coming writers. Following the success of its sold out seasons of Paper Doll in Sydney and Perth, YEN at KXT and the launch of IGNITE Collective, New Ghosts presents UNFOLD: a new short festival at Sydney's iconic Old Fitz Theatre from the 21st a?" 24th August 2019.
Darlinghurst Theatre Company Presents Jane Harrison's Award-Winning RAINBOW'S END
by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2019
In association with Moogahlin Performing Arts, Darlinghurst Theatre Company is proud to produce Jane Harrison's 2012 Drover Award-winning RAINBOW'S END - an inspiring story of hope and resilience, from Australia's First Peoples - on Gadigal land. 
Chris Cody Presents ASTROLABE- Suite For La Pérouse
by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2019
Internationally-renowned Australian pianist and composer, Chris Cody, alongside his all-star band featuring some of the country's finest jazz musicians, will present Astrolabe, Suite for La Prouse at Riverside Theatres in August.
CHORUS Comes to The Old Fitz
by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2019
What is the cost of a woman's success when it comes at the expense of her family? Agamemnon is about to find out.

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