The soundtrack by musical theatre royalty Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens is both highly entertaining and ...
Nearly forty years on, David Williamson’s Emerald City is possibly more pertinent, poignant and passionate, the skewering satire and sparkling dialogue finding solid contemporary footing in Mark ...
Above – Riley Warner and Chanella Macri. Cover – Jennifer Vuletic. Photos – Matt Byrne. The Director, Stephen Nicolazzo has come to this play with lived experience of having to understand the ...
Musicals can get a bad rap; the old-school 1940s-style “classics” are often filled with outdated concepts and blatantly offensive racial and gender stereotypes or are, as Gen Z would say, simply ...
If you had thought that this show would have done to a nun what none should have done you were wrong. Sister Act is purely and wholly full of nun fun. It is big, it is slick, it is fast, it is noisy ...
A hit, a palpable hit, Hamlet Camp is full of wit, palpable wit. It begins with three poems, autobiographical, lyrical, wry, funny, each presented individually by the author/actor: Skip Retail Therapy ...
Above – Will O'Mahony, Emily Rose Brennan, Deep Sroa and Ratidzo Mambo. Cover – Emily Rose Brennan and Deep Sroa. Photos – Daniel J Grant The title of this play takes its name from a “drinking game” ...
Hitting the sweet spot in a corner shop, Koreaboo is a theatrical pleasure, pure and simple. Written by and starring Michelle Lim Davidson, Koreaboo takes its name from the term used to describe ...
Above – Borja Maestre & Sarah Peirse. Cover – Kerry Fox & Borja Maestre. Photos – Brett Boardman. The surface tensions are tremendous, but it is what lies beneath, buried in recent history and perhaps ...
With its concerns continuing to resonate today, Tom Wright’s adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel, Picnic at Hanging Rock is an excellent choice of an Australian classic to bring to the stage. The novel ...
Above – Michael Whalley and Steve Mouzakis. Jessica Clarke, Eloise Mignon and Steve Mouzakis. Photos – Pia Johnson. The production, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, is mostly successful at showing us ...
Above – Rebecca Liquorish, Simon Pearce, David M Bond and Annabel Cotton. Cover – David M Bond. Photos – Homepix Photography at Five Dock. Everything old is new again. Akin to Agatha Christie’s Murder ...