Now playing at Hayes Theatre Company, The Lucky Country may be the most important Australian musical ever written. I know it’s a huge claim, but when you look at the types of theatre written in this country in the last…
David Finnigan strikes again with his refreshing commentary on the climate change debate with Scenes from the Climate Era, currently playing at Belvoir St Theatre. As someone who has studied oceanography and ecology, I’m always a little concerned about creatives…
MAMMA MIA! has once again got Sydney bopping along to ABBA’s greatest hits in its return to the Sydney Lyric Theatre. Australia’s musical theatre landscape has lately seen a steady season of repeats that possibly have something to do with…
From 15th May to 10th June, the Ensemble Theatre brings Tennessee Williams’ gothic melodrama Suddenly Last Summer to the stage. And boy, they do it well. The one-act play, written in New York in 1957, was said by Williams to…
If there were a Zagat’s guide to the Sydney Arts Scene, Clyde’s at Ensemble Theatre would be at the top of the recommendations list. Ensemble Theatre, known for producing great plays, has outdone itself with its latest offering, Clyde’s. This…
It’s hard to imagine the world’s biggest house anthems getting any better – or bigger – than what they already are. However, when an orchestra meets the best dance music of the last 30 years it happens and it happens…
‘Synthony’ is more than just a good pun. It’s the ultimate fusion of the world’s biggest dance anthems reinvented by one of Australia’s most renowned symphony orchestras. And now, the phenomenal hybrid concert experience is returning to Sydney on Saturday…
Australia’s biggest outdoor stage is set for one of Puccini’s most loved, and most performed, operas. Opera Australia’s much anticipated Handa Opera production of Madama Butterfly on Sydney Harbour is an agonising story of unrequited love and imperialist capitalism that…
It’s been a warm start to autumn outside and in the theatre, particularly with Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica playing at the Ensemble Theatre. Like a comforting cup of hot chocolate, this David Williamson’s script is the big hug we…
The Theatre Royal is hosting a Rock ‘N’ Roll alien invasion with the 50th Anniversary Tour of The Rocky Horror Show. For those who have somehow avoided any knowledge of this cult musical (like my plus one), The Rocky Horror Show…