Tag: queer

Love Endures: Holding the Man at Belvoir St Theatre

Holding the Man, currently captivating audiences at Belvoir St Theatre presents a deeply moving exploration of love, loss, and resilience. Based on Timothy Conigrave’s heart-wrenching memoir, this adaptation transcends the personal narrative to touch on universal themes of love, identity,…

Shakespeare Reborn: The Innovative Spirit of &Juliet

& Juliet, at Sydney Lyric Theatre, is a theatrical masterpiece, breathing new life into the iconic Shakespearean tale with a twist that captivates and delights. This show doesn’t just retell a familiar story; it daringly reinvents it, offering audiences a narrative…

Things I Know to Be True: Elanora Players take on life

Elanora Players’ Things I Know to Be True opens Friday, 7 July and promises to make Sydney reflect on life and the challenges we all face to make it through. I love community theatre. Growing up, my mum used to…

Blankë Pøp set to delight at Sydney World Pride

Sydney World Pride is here, and amongst the glitz and glam is a neon-glowing gem that you absolutely can’t miss. Born in 2018 as a wild performance art party, featuring disco & house music and glowing blacklight immersive installations, Blankë…

Pull on your fishnets for the Rocky Horror Show

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…

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…

Isn’t it Queer: Sondheim goes LGBTQIA+

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…

‘Fun home’ gives a warm hug to your heart!

Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Fun Home has done it again, with another brilliant musical staged at the Roslyn Packer Theatre. While there are other Tony award-winning musicals playing across Sydney, Fun Home is an incredible snapshot of an unassuming…

Launchpad: Australia’s theatre future is bright!

The future of Australia’s Theatre is in good hands if the National Theatre of Parramatta’s Launchpad double-bill is anything to go by. The two shows, The Sorry Mum Project by Pippa Ellams and Let Me Know When You Get Home by Miranda Aguilar, feature…