Director Sean O’Riordan wasn’t wrong to describe Troilus and Cressida as a “problem play.” Shakespeare’s tragedy, action, comedy, drama and passenger-side view of the siege of Troy is not one of the Bard’s most prolific […]
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THE FLICK
A masterclass in how to pace drama, Outhouse Theatre’s adaptation of Annie Baker’s ‘The Flick’ is one of the must-see plays of the year. Opening on a cinema flooded with the closing credits of a […]
VISITING HOURS
Interactive theatre can be a special treat, and so much more so when it’s well done. The Bakehouse Theatre Company’s Visiting Hours leaves the fourth wall far behind (if it had ever existed within the […]
ASSASSINS
Have you ever wondered what would happen if every assassin of an American President got together for a musical? A gaudy romp through the history of infamous and lesser known public enemies, it’s not easy […]
NO END OF BLAME
No End of Blame is a lot of things, but it can’t be everything it tries to be. If we’re going to run the gamut however, it may as well be with Sport for Jove. […]
NEVILLE’S ISLAND
A charmingly episodic romp through the Australian wilderness, Neville’s Island succeeds on the charisma of it’s enviable cast. Stranded on an island, four friends have to make do with the precious little cargo fastened to […]
THE BODYGUARD
Jolting you into your seat, The Bodyguard, in a manner unlike almost any other musical, starts off with a bang. Attention-ready and all too focused on the stage, the actual show kicks off with a […]
BIG FISH
With film-to-musical adaptations the flavour of the day, the Hayes Theatre Co has provided another example of how it can be done. You might not have seen Big Fish, or if you did remember it […]
TALK
Hit and very miss, the Sydney Theatre Company’s attempted jab at Australia’s media landscape skewers its inevitably niche audience as much as it panders to them. Director/Writer Jonathan Biggins, ensuring the words Ray, Hadley, Andrew […]
TWO
Sometimes, it just takes two. There are fourteen characters in the Ensemble Theatre’s latest production Two, with Brian Meegan and Kate Raison adopting seven personas apiece. Each flitting about a local pub on a busy […]
RICHARD 3
It’s rare that a play receives such hype and attention before its debut, and rarer still when it so deserves it. Bell Shakespeare’s Richard 3, helmed by Artistic Director Peter Evans following the recent retirement […]
ANTIGONE
With perhaps the earliest known classic to get the prequel treatment, Sport for Jove have done it again. The highly imaginative theatre troupe which only months ago blended Shakepeare’s The Taming of the Shrew with […]
MARY POPPINS
Nostalgia goes a long way – so does a great cast. We’ve all seen the movie, but maybe not the musical. The Willoughby Theatre Company’s latest production has all the hallmarks of perhaps the most […]
SIDE SHOW
A talented cast isn’t everything; the Hayes Theatre Company’s production of Side Show being a case in point. A story revived and revised in numerous productions, the real-life tale of travelling ‘freak-show’ conjoined twins Daisy […]
THE MEASURE OF A MAN
Gavin Roach’s second instalment of the Anxiety Trilogy, if intriguing, leaves a lot to be desired. A one-man, 50-minute show as part of this year’s Sydney Fringe Festival, in his latest Roach expounds on life […]
WHERE DO LITTLE BIRDS GO?
A one-woman show, save a seldom-heard pianist, Where Do Little Birds Go? unfurls a chapter in underground London’s sordid history. Based on a true story: Lucy (Bishaniya Vincent) recounts her youth and friendships, moseying around […]
BATTLERS AND DREAMERS
Denim. Hair gel. A nice Australian neighbourhood. Power chords. The quintessential ingredients to any 80s farce, Battlers and Dreamers is an original musical take-off of all those classic Aussie family dramas you knew and loved, […]
WHARF REVUE
There’s never been a better time to stage a political satire. Coinciding with the first sitting week of the new Parliament, the Wharf Revue is back with no shortage of material direct from the halls […]
ALADDIN THE MUSICAL
The latest Disney smash to get the stage-musical treatment, relive the childhood classic about a thief and fugitive who lies to a girl and her father so he can marry her under a presumed identity, […]
LOOK BACK IN ANGER
Every play, to some extent, tries to immerse the audience in the action, however intimate or shocking. In Red Line Productions’ staging of John Osborne’s classic Look Back in Anger you are, thrillingly, as in […]
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
As if flipping through the pages of the iconic strip, the Hayes Theatre Company has joyously brought Charlie Brown and co to life. Simply staged with a local cast of six, the musical’s episodic approach […]
UNFINISHED WORKS
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 […]
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