In the dimly lit ambience of the Belvoir St. Theatre, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill unfolds, offering audiences a mesmerising journey into the tumultuous life of jazz legend Billie Holiday. Set in a small Philadelphia nightclub in 1959,…
The Vault, Spiegeltent Festival Garden has once again transformed into a realm of wonder and awe, with the mesmerising production of GODZ by the Head First Acrobats. As the lights dimmed and the anticipation grew, the audience was transported into…
The Marvellous Elephant Man: The Musical, currently gracing the Sydney Spiegeltent as part of the Sydney Fringe, offers a unique and somewhat quirky take on the classic tale of Joseph Merrick. While it may not achieve greatness, it undeniably provides…
Benefactors currently gracing the Ensemble Theatre stage offers an intellectually stimulating and emotionally charged experience. With its masterful storytelling and nuanced characters, this production skilfully delves into the intricacies of human relationships, ambition, and unintended consequences. Set in 1960s London,…
Rove McManus is back and he’s inviting us all around for an old-fashioned Slide Night, currently playing at the Playhouse, Sydney Opera House. Before social media and the internet, the only way to share your holiday happy snaps was to…
Driftwood the Musical, currently at the Eternity Playhouse, is a story of trials and survival that reminds us where we’ve come from and where we’ve got to go. When Australia thinks about war atrocities, we often pay tribute to those…
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…
What do you get if you cross The Caterpillar, The White Queen and The White Rabbit, with giant smoking cocktails, human-sized chess, backwards mirrors, and Croquet? Why, The Alice Cocktail Experience (Part 2), of course! A truly immersive cocktail…
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…