Queer used to be a dirty word, but it’s now on the lips of the Sydney Theatre World as they rush to buy tickets to Little Triangle’s production of Isn’t It Queer at PACT, Erskineville. This brilliant little concept by…
Fractured sibling relationships are nothing new to the theatre (hums Go Go Go Joseph). Still, the sibling rivalry explored in Stay Woke, playing at the Darlinghurst Theatre Company until 17 April, takes these broken familial bonds to a whole new…
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour present The Phantom of the Opera Now, that was just what the doctor ordered! After repeated bouts of illness, extended isolation, resultant depression, and financial stress, what many of us have needed for quite some…
OK, first things first. For those of us who are not operatic doyens, “In Concert” means performed as a recital rather than a play. So no Tudor sets. No wigs, crowns or cod-pieces. No banners, scaffold or axe. Rather than…
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…
On a wet and windy night my plus one and I joined hundreds of other punters at First Fleet Park in The Rocks for a taste of exhilarating theatre, spectacle and comedy. We were here to witness a show unlike…
You may love your job, but there’s no more fun you can have than working the 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton and her musical, currently playing at the Capitol Theatre. I could spend the following 500 words writing about…
A young woman lies dead at the hands of her new husband in a shocking murder-suicide. Jealousy and domestic violence were issues in Shakespeare’s day, 400 years ago, still present in Verdi’s day, 150 years ago, and are sadly as…
I’m always worried when companies announce reimagined new choreography of iconic musicals, but after the first eight counts, I was hooked on Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s new production of A Chorus Line. Like many shows of late, A Chorus Line fell…
My plus one at the opening night of Opera Australia’s current production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro was my husband. He had been wanting to see this particular opera for years. His favourite movie of all time, The Shawshank…