Sydney Theatre Company’s The River is one of those rare theatrical experiences that lingers not because it hands you answers, but because it refuses to. Jez Butterworth’s elusive and atmospheric play unfolds in a remote fishing cabin, where a man…
It’s not very often that a musical arrives with the kind of certainty that makes you feel, in real time, that you are witnessing something truly special. For me, those lightning-bolt moments are rare — Once in 2011, Come From…
There’s something deliciously fitting about THE PROM landing at the Teatro at the Italian Forum in Leichhardt — a musical about inclusion, ego, and the transformative power of theatre finding a home in a venue that feels both grand and…
In an age where selling a theatre ticket has never been harder, there is something genuinely admirable about the Genesian Theatre Company choosing to programme new works. It takes courage and a commitment to expanding what audiences expect from a…
A distinctly international crowd gathered outside the Sydney Opera House on a rain-soaked Wednesday night for Sammy Virji’s debut performance. British accents cut through the chatter as groups made their way inside for Sammy Virji’s debut live show. For a…
Afterglow, presented by Midnight Theatricals, currently playing at the Darlinghurst Playhouse, arrives toward the tail end of the Sydney Mardi Gras season and feels a little like the festival’s namesake — the afterglow itself. After the highs of some of…
It has been decades since I last saw Oliver! — a memory that takes me right back to Toowoomba City Hall — and sitting in Laycock Street Community Theatre watching Gosford Musical Society’s latest production felt like reconnecting with an…
Well Done Creative’s Queer Mardi Gras offering Head Over Heels lands at the Hayes Theatre, Sydney as a joyfully absurd, pop-fuelled celebration of identity, love and letting your freak flag fly. Built around the endlessly catchy songs of The Go-Go’s,…
There are plays that feel important, and then there are plays that feel urgent. The Normal Heart, presented by Sydney Theatre Company in the Drama Theatre at the Sydney Opera House, is emphatically the latter. Written more than forty years…
There is something quietly thrilling about a show that knows exactly what it is and executes it with absolute confidence. Putting It Together, currently playing at the Foundry Theatre, is one of those rare gems: intimate, intelligent, and utterly intoxicating….