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BRAN NUE DAE Will Return to Sydney
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2020
Opera Australia today announced the 30th Anniversary tour of the hit Aussie musical Bran Nue Dae will return to Sydney's Roslyn Packer Theatre in Walsh Bay in April.
Bonnie Lythgoe's SNOW WHITE & SEVEN DWARFS Extends
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2020
Director and Producer, BONNIE LYTHGOE has announced that SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS will now play for an extra week at Sydney Coliseum Theatre closing on 12 July.
BWW REVIEW: POMONA Presents A Dark Twisted Dystopian Future That Is Frighteningly Plausible
by Jade Kops - February 02, 2020
Alistair McDowall blurs the lines of truth and fiction, reality and imagination, real life and games in his dystopian thriller POMONA.
BWW REVIEW: Bernadette Robinson Presents The Brushes With Fame That History Never Notes Down in SONGS FOR NOBODIES
by Jade Kops - February 01, 2020
Bernadette Robinson, who has built a reputation as a vocal chameleon able to recreate the sound of the 20th century divas, brings back her solo show SONGS FOR NOBODIES for another season at the Sydney Opera House.
BWW REVIEW: FAMILY VALUES Sees The Woke Women Of The Collins Family Take Control In David Williamson's Latest Play
by Jade Kops - January 31, 2020
FAMILY VALUES sees the woke women of the Collins family take control as power shifts from the middle class white male run world which has set up so much of the inequality and injustice of modern Australian bureaucracy. 
BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On GRAND FINALE
by Jade Kops - January 31, 2020
GRAND FINALE is an emotive expression of Hofesh Shechter's vision that speaks to one's intuition. A visual, visceral feast that engages your essence.
Carriageworks To Present PENELOPE SLEEPS - An Opera In Essay Form
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2020
Carriageworks presents the Australian premiere of Penelope Sleeps as part of the Keir Choreographic Award program on 10-11 March.
Jonathan Biggins is Returning to THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PAUL at the Glen Street Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2020
One of Australia's favourite performers, Jonathan Biggins, is Paul Keating - visionary, reformer and rabble-rouser. With an abundance of intelligence and wit, The Gospel According to Paul is a critically acclaimed comedy about an important time in Australian history and the man that shaped it.
SHEPHERD Comes to the Belvoir St Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2020
Aya Productions are back at Belvoir St Theatre to present the world premiere of SHEPHERD, written and directed by Liam Maguire. Kicking off the outstanding 25A Season in the Belvoir Downstairs Theatre, we bring you an absurdist play for absurdist times. SHEPHERD is a pitch-black satire from a knockout cast on finding hope in the modern world when hopelessness is so seductive.
Sydney Festival Director Wesley Enoch Awarded Order Of Australia
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2020
Festival Director Wesley Enoch has today been announced as a Member of the Order of Australia, in recognition of his significant contribution to a?oeTheatre and the Arts as an Indigenous Director and Writer.a??
BWW REVIEW: Rob Johnson And Harry Milas Bring Their Brilliant And Bizarre Brand Of Comedy To The Old Fitz With THE RECIDIVISTS
by Jade Kops - January 25, 2020
Part cabaret, part vaudevillesque variety sketch, and all intriguing and amusing, THE RECIDIVISTS is a dark and twisty journey into the depths of the human mind and ambition and the repeated behaviours that return even after attempts at rehabilitation.
BWW REVIEW: THE LIFE OF US, Another Long Distance Love Story, With Songs And Skype
by Jade Kops - January 25, 2020
The new musical from Australian duo Ben Bennett (Music, Lyrics and Book) and Ashleigh Taylor (book), THE LIFE OF US, has had its world premiere in Sydney.
Photo Flash: First Look at JEKYLL AND HYDE at The Pavilion Theatre Castle Hill
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2020
It is Victorian London, 1888. Dr Henry Jekyll, a brilliant and respected scientist - shy and unassuming - is content with his reputation as a moral, upright citizen. Or so it would seem. Frustrated by his dull normalcy and intrigued by the notion of the “dual nature of man”, Jekyll secretly creates a formula to unleash his hidden, bestial nature. Edward Hyde is born! The brutish, magnetic Hyde indulges in drink and debauchery while Jekyll's life of propriety continues – until Hyde's passions begin to turn up a body count.
BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On POOF! SECRETS OF A MAGICIAN
by Jade Kops - January 24, 2020
POOF! Secrets of a Magician. James Galea presents a night of magic, songs and personal stories as he explores the meanings of the word Poof and the life of a gay magician
The Coffee Club Announces Shrek-Themed Menus in Honor of SHREK THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2020
Australia's largest home-grown café group, The Coffee Club, has launched its latest family-friendly promotion, turning stores and menus Shrek-themed and offering a money-can't-buy VIP experience for one lucky winner.
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Comes to the Pavilion Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2020
It is Victorian London, 1888. Dr Henry Jekyll, a brilliant and respected scientist - shy and unassuming - is content with his reputation as a moral, upright citizen. Or so it would seem. Frustrated by his dull normalcy and intrigued by the notion of the a?oedual nature of mana??, Jekyll secretly creates a formula to unleash his hidden, bestial nature. Edward Hyde is born! The brutish, magnetic Hyde indulges in drink and debauchery while Jekyll's life of propriety continues a?" until Hyde's passions begin to turn up a body count.
ATYP Presents The Sydney Premiere Of CUSP By Mary Anne Butler
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2020
To kick off a huge year of theatre, ATYP in associa on with Brown's Mart Theatre (NT) present award-winning playwright Mary Anne Butler's newest work, CUSP . Directed by ATYP Ar s c Director Fraser Corfield this Sydney premiere features an excep onal young cast, and brings a raw, poe c and truly Australian story to the stage taking audiences on a high speed, adrenaline-fuelled race across the Top End. 
OUR BLOOD RUNS IN THE STREET Comes to Old Fitz Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2020
Chopt Logic presents the World Premiere of Our Blood Runs in the Street Created by Shane Anthony and the ensemble 
Sydney Comedy Festival Announces New Names Joining 2020 Program
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2020
The Sydney Comedy Festival has announced an epic 70 new shows joining its jam-packed 2020 program, taking place across Sydney from April 20th to May 17th.
Paul Kelly Leads THIRTEEN WAYS TO LOOK AT BIRDS at Sydney Coliseum Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2020
Australian music legend Paul Kelly brings together an eclectic group of musicians in Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds to create a unique marriage of electronics, acoustic instruments and the human voice to celebrate winged creatures from the barn owl to the nightingale, from the thornbill to the falcon, from the magpie to the swan.
Harry Potter Day Will Take Over The Australian Open
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2020
The magic and sorcery of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is set to land at Melbourne Park, with a dedicated Harry Potter Day announced for the AO.
Winners Announced For the 2019 Sydney Theatre Awards; Full List!
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2020
The winners of the 2019 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced tonight at a star-studded ceremony, with 35 Awards presented, shared between 18 productions which played in Sydney during the calendar year of 2019. More than 400 members of the Sydney theatre community packed the York Theatre at the Seymour Centre to celebrate.
BWW REVIEW: Full of Fabulous Joy With An Important Message That Still Remains Relevant BRAN NUE DAE Starts Its Australian Tour In Sydney.
by Jade Kops - January 19, 2020
The Opera Conference's new production of Jimmy Chi (Book, Music and Lyrics) and Kuckles' (Music and Lyrics) absurd road trip story of friendship, family and forgiveness, BRAN NUE DAE, is absolute joy while still holding important messages for both Australia's relationship with the Indigenous community and humanity in general.
Lane Cove Theatre Company Presents THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2020
Described by the Los Angeles Herald as a?oeShakespeare written by Reader's Digest, acted by Monty Python and performed at the speed of the minute waltza??, this hilarious binge of Bard -coming to Sydney courtesy of Lane Cove Theatre Company - is part parody, part tribute, part party trick!
BWW REVIEW: EVERY BRILLIANT THING Returns to Belvoir St Theatre For An Encore Season with Steve Rodgers Stepping In To The Role Of Narrator
by Jade Kops - January 19, 2020
Steve Rodgers (Co-Director with Kate Champion and Narrator) ensures that the return season of EVERY BRILLIANT THING remains just as powerful and moving as he steps in to the role of Narrator.

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