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….
There’s something deliciously decadent about walking into GATSBY at the Green Light. Before a note is sung or a body launched skyward, you’re already complicit in the fantasy. The Studio at the Sydney Opera House is transformed into a sultry,…
Pretty Woman The Musical, now playing at Theatre Royal Sydney, follows the familiar arc of the beloved film: corporate tycoon Edward Lewis hires Hollywood Boulevard sex worker Vivian Ward for a week that ultimately reshapes them both. Onstage, the show…
Jesus Christ Superstar is one of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s most enduring works, retelling the final days of Jesus through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. With its mix of rock, gospel, and theatrical storytelling, it’s a show that…
If musical theatre had a bible, The Book of Mormon would be its most irreverent gospel. Back in Sydney for a strictly limited season at the Capitol Theatre, this sharp-edged, side-splitting satire from the creators of South Park and Avenue…
Currently tearing up the stage at Carriageworks, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is more than just a rock musical—it’s a profound, punk-fuelled journey of identity, pain, resilience, and self-acceptance. With a razor-sharp book by John Cameron Mitchell and a blistering…
It’s not every day that a community theatre group tackles the Australian community theatre premiere of a cult Broadway rock musical, but Gosford Musical Society Juniors have never been ones to shy away from a challenge. The Lightning Thief: The…