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…
At the murky intersection of theatre and performance art, the Museum of Modern Love, a new theatrical work at the Seymour Centre, leaves the viewer with lots of questions and not as many answers. I always really enjoy going to…
Happy 2022 or 2020 too, which I’ve seen it referred to (doesn’t inspire much confidence, does it). While many of the world stages are still dark and the future of shows unclear, Australian producers continue to bring tasty Broadway morsels…
Long beach days and balmy summer nights are calling our name, and according to beauty influencers world-wide – the key to staying healthy is staying hydrated. Team TPO tried out Evian Water’s range of #BottleMadefromBottles, a bottle of water that …
It goes without saying we’ve all had a tough year. Much of 2020 and 2021 saw Sydney in and out of lockdown, and away from the friends we’d normally drink with. Now I’m thanking the heavens for SAINTLY Hard Seltzer…
We don’t know about you, Sydneysiders, but we’re all about ‘enforced hygge‘ this winter. With Lockdown 2.0 seeing us spending more time than anticipated inside, we’re starting to try to make the weekends extra special. And what better wintertime activity…