Exceptionally clever and outrageously fun, The Literati is well worth your time. A Griffin Theatre Company production co-produced with Bell Shakespeare – Australian playwright Justin Fleming has hilariously adapted Moliere with more contemporary prose in a […]
Larger and louder than the Potts Point stage would seemingly allow, Xanadu packs a lot for both devotees of the original film and those who still can’t believe it was made. At once an adaptation […]
Staging this play has always presented a challenge, to which Sport for Jove has risen, admirably. Neither obsequiously purist nor deferentially modern: the production is set in what is ostensibly 1920s era filmmaking, a witness […]
Arguably Tom Stoppard’s most famous play, this intimate staging of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead provides just the right setting for the author’s treatise on mortality, conventional logic and theatre itself. As much a collection of philosophical […]
The title tells you everything you need to know. We Will Rock You weaves Queen’s greatest hits and thankfully, for both the fans and the uninitiated, many of their lesser known numbers and melodies into […]
Chekhov’s tragicomic classic gets a more modern treatment with the New Theatre’s production of The Cherry Orchard, focused much more on its tragic dimensions than its inbuilt lighter fare. Revolving around an aristocratic family returning […]
Emotions. All of the emotions. Belleville parks its elephant in the room from the very beginning, making it evident that at some point, probably towards the end, something very, very bad is going to happen. […]
The type of toe-tapping fun that appeals to all ages, I seriously doubt anyone seeing The Detective’s Handbook will leave the theatre without a smile on their face. An original, musical, farcical take on Chandler-esque, […]
Not Grease as we know it but oh so good. The Original Grease is based on a 2010 adaptation of the now-familiar musical’s very first stage production, before it was adopted by Broadway and further […]
It’s tempting to use an art metaphor to blithely summarise Unfinished Works – but that wouldn’t do justice to the play’s supremely astute treatment of its subject matter, which warrants and deserves repeat viewings. Frank […]
An intense night of theatre with some unexpected comic flourishes, the innovative stage design and direction are the real stars of the New Theatre’s latest production. Adapted by Richard Roxburgh and Justin Monjo from Tim […]
Confident, explicit and not without its share of laughs, The Ultimate Lesbian Double Feature is a short play, split into two parts, staged as part of the 2016 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras programme. […]
The Whale does not sound like an attractive premise for a play. Six hundred pound Idaho local Charlie (Keith Agius), confined to his apartment, sits on the couch all day, marking essays and watching re-runs […]
Melding multimedia with a traditional vaudeville performance, They’ve Already Won is a very modern production for the social media-savvy age. An oft criticism of theatre that it continues to rely on storytelling tropes and methods […]
Neil Simon’s series of short plays – some macabre, some uproarious, and others filled with great slapstick – made for a very entertaining night of pathos-laden comedy. A writer relates his stories and wisdom to the […]
With a story readily familiar to anyone who grew up in the early 2000s and/or law students everywhere, Legally Blonde: The Musical, based on the 2001 film of the same name, was sure to be […]
A study in dichotomy, A Rabbit for Kim Jong-Il is both a comedy and espionage thriller; a screwball, morbid farce relying on a patently absurd premise largely based on an inexplicably true story. German rabbit […]
Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing teases its audience with the writer’s famous multi-layered story-arcs, in this case involving at least one play within a play where life and art interchangeably imitate each other. Playwright Henry […]
A charmingly irreverent comedy, George Bernard Shaw’s classic Arms and the Man has been splendidly revived by the Sydney Theatre Company, in no small part due to the strength and wit of its two leads. […]
A treat for Chekhov fans, Afterplay is a long overdue catch-up with some of the author’s most famous characters. Set in Russia in the 1920’s, Andrey from The Three Sisters (Wayne Bassett) meets Sonya from […]
Brutal. Just, so, brutal. Awaiting a crucial staffing decision by senior management, team members Isobel (Romy Bartz) and Tony (Philippe Klaus) round squarely on less confident and clearly nerve-wracked Thomas (George Kemp) to ensure survival […]
Boisterously fun, Cole Porter’s Anything Goes is that reliably good musical romp filled with so many hits, now singularly recognisable and enjoyable in their own right, that the dated premise does not detract from a […]
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