Belvoir’s ‘A Room of One’s Own’
When I saw that a theatrical rendition of Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own was coming to the Belvoir St Theatre (6 – 23 May), I was intent on going on for two reasons. Firstly, Belvoir never seem to…
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Bakery Hill – An Australian Rebellion against Big Broadway Blockbusters!
I’m sure you would agree that we are lucky to live in Australia. With the world’s major stages being empty for over a year, the Australian Theatre scene is bouncing back with an energetic revival. While most theatre companies are…
RENT: Theatre measured in love!
In the 25th year that RENT has graced the world stages, this redefined and reinvigorated RENT, produced by LPD Productions and Sugary Rum Productions and staged at the Sydney Opera House, is the breath of fresh air we need to…
To See or Not To See? Bell Shakespeare’s Refreshing Take on Hamlet
Opening 2020 in the same manner they did thirty years ago, Bell Shakespeare has revisited and reimagined the classic Hamlet. Under Peter Evans’ direction, the baton, or in this instance the skull, has been entrusted to Harriet Gordan-Anderson. Globally, Hamlet…
War Horse returns to Sydney as a celebrated theatre hero.
The last time I remember crying over a puppet was probably in 1990 when my mother made me turn off Sesame Street. Now 30 years on, I once again had tears streaming down my cheeks during the Lunchbox Theatrical Productions’…
“The Campaign’, fighting for LGBTQIA+ rights at the Seymour Centre
There is something strong yet harrowing about verbatim theatre and The Campaign, written by Campion Decent and presented by White Box Theatre and the Seymour Centre, really draws the audience into the history of the Tasmanian LGBTQIA+ community. It is…
‘Black Ties’ at Sydney Festival 2020: the best wedding ever
Black Ties is the best wedding you’ll ever attend, hands down. The tale of a Maori woman marrying an Aboriginal man — and all the drama that ensues between their two families as they adjust to this idea — it’s…
SYDNEY: Welcome To Dinner – A Variety Show Episode 1: Religion, Sex & Politics
For one weekend only, Sydney’s Flight Path theatre is host to a Variety Show like no other. Welcome to Dinner – Religion, Sex & Politics (4 – 7 December 2019), produced and curated by Flick Flick City, is a collection…
‘Fangirls’ at Belvoir
Fangirls makes me want to scream my head off and tell everyone to go watch Fangirls. It’s an absolute spectacle filled with always loveable and sometimes frustrating characters, with a pounding urgency that makes its two and a half running…
‘Slaughterhouse’ at Belvoir
Something is wrong. As ominous as an abattoir conveyor belt, the successive monologues in Slaughterhouse inch us closer to an inevitable end. Here, that end seems mostly about finding out what’s happened at a corporate rooftop party, which has turned out…