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Go Go Go see Joseph!

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical stylings have returned to Sydney in a colourful new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, now playing at the Capitol Theatre Sydney. A man known for his rock operas (musicals without dialogue), ALW’s Joseph…

La Cage Aux Folles – The Concourse

The lashes are curled, and the boys are tucked in this spunky new production of La Cage Aux Folles currently playing at The Concourse, Chatswood. La Cage, written by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman, won six Tony awards when it…

Roman Delo and Ryan Panizza in Sydney Theatre Company’s Hubris & Humiliation, 2023. Photo: Prudence Upton ©

Homos, Hubris and Humiliation… Oh My!!

With World Pride fast approaching, what better way to kick off gay Christmas than an outing to Sydney Theatre Company’s Hubris and Humiliation, currently playing at STC Wharf Theatre.  There is a lot of queer theatre out there, not to say…

Disco descends on Sydney – Velvet Rewired

Boogie fever has claimed the Sydney Opera House as its latest host, with Velvet Rewired playing in the Studio. With its inception in 2015, the original Velvet sold out around the world and ignited the disco scene. Velvet Rewired reminds…

Impossibly Magical: Cinderella the Musical

The golden age of musicals has made a triumphant return to Sydney, with Cinderella currently playing at the Lyric Theatre. Opera Australia and John Frost for Crossroads Live, two stalwarts of Australian performing arts, have come together to stage this…

Ensemble Theatre take on a Pinter Classic – The Caretaker

Don’t wait for the weather to break… get yourself along to The Caretaker, currently playing at Ensemble Theatre. Harold Pinter’s three-act comedy set in the 1950s, The Caretaker, follows the story of two brothers who allow a homeless man to stay in…

The Mousetrap brings murder to Sydney

Escape the rat race and get caught up in The Mousetrap currently playing at Theatre Royal Sydney. Agatha Christie’s classic which started off as a radio show, is celebrating it’s 70th year on the West End. Officially the world’s longest…

You should hear these people sing!

Cancel your weekend plans and get along to the musical theatre event of the century, Do You Hear The People Sing? now playing in the renovated Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. As you may have guessed from its title, this…

Royalty returns to Sydney: SIX the Musical

Tudor royalty has landed back in Sydney with the return season of SIX the Musical to the Theatre Royal Sydney. While we remember them as ‘divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived’, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take to the…

North by Northwest – Hitchcock comes to Sydney

Australians, we are a bloody talented bunch and North by Northwest currently playing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre is a prime example of that talent. If you have been following my reviews, you know that I’m quite outspoken about the…