Latest Reviews

Kinky Boots
Review by Suzanne Tate Kinky Boots was an absolute powerhouse of a show! Unlike most theatre folks, I have never seen the show or film, and as I don’t list to the soundtrack until I’ve seen a show, I’ve also never heard any of the music. I came to...
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By Nick Pilgrim Written by the late Edward Albee (1928-2016), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is considered a modern theatrical classic. Sixty years ago since its Broadway debut and set on a university campus, the story is a gripping character study of two marriages...
A Christmas Carol
By Chenoah Eljan A Christmas Carol is a timeless classic that reminds us there are many things more valuable than money, including love, human connection, charity and generosity. This adaptation written by Jack Thorne does so with wit, music, and a contemporary...
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom
By Nick Pilgrim In the vast and varied landscape of Australia’s independent live entertainment scene, for more than a decade Little Ones Theatre has carved itself an impressive niche. Known for their commitment to showcasing queer comedy and drama at capital city...
A Very Jewish Christmas Carol
By Carissa Shale Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah or Chrismukkah, ‘A Very Jewish Christmas Carol’ is a heart-warming, must-see production, just in time for the holiday season. Produced by Melbourne Theatre Company, this original festive comedy is a fresh and...
Prisoner at The World’s End
By Anna Hayes The story of Julian Assange is one that dots in and out of our media consumption these days. After seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, he was arrested in April 2019 and transferred to Belmarsh Prison where he remains while fighting against a...
ART
Review by Josiah Hilbig First premiered in France in 1994, Art is an award-winning play that tells a simple story inspired by a personal experience of the playwright Yasmina Reza: Serge buys a particularly expensive painting—no more than white lines on a...
La Cage Aux Folles
By David Gardette Based on the 1973 French farce of the same name, La Cage Aux Folles (The Cage of Mad Women), premiered on Broadway in 1983 and enjoyed a hit four-year run, culminating in 6 Tony Awards. With numerous revivals, International stagings, more awards and...
Dogfight
By Annie Zeleznikow Dogfight is a soulful musical about a rag tag team of young marines heading for Vietnam in the 1960’s. Before they are deployed they spend their last few hours of freedom in San Francisco, conforming to the tradition of marine’s past by hosting a...
Features

Sarah-Louise Young: An Evening Without Kate Bush
An actress, writer, director, improviser and internationally renowned cabaret performer, Sarah-Louise Young comes to Sydney Festival for An Evening Without Kate Bush – a glorious celebration of the irresistible forces and incandescent genius of Kate Bush and the fans...
Ariadne Sgouros Talks the tour de farce that is Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall
It is the opening night of director-writer Shane Tweed’s new murder mystery, Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall. Seven of the amateur theatre company’s cast are down with the dreaded lurgy. So, the Middling Cove Players’ director and two of the remaining actors, and...
Ren Ruidi Celebrates her Asian heritage in I ME SHE HIM | 你和我和她和他
Wit Incorporated are thrilled to be bringing the first English translation and production of Stan Lai’s script, I ME SHE HIM | 你和我和她和他 to the stage this month. It's a premiere season of the English version with the Chinese version first being published in 1998 in...
Rosario La Spina Talks the Wonder of the World’s First Digital Ring Cycle
Nicknamed the ‘Olympics of opera’, comprising 15+ hours of music across four evenings, the world's first digital Ring Cycle opens Dec 1 in Brisbane. After two pandemic postponements, QLD resident, and internationally successful tenor, Rosario La Spina, will be...
Stephanie Lambourn: Be the very best version of yourself at Christmas
First published in 1843, Charles Dickens' classic tale, A Christmas Carol, about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, returns to Melbourne to delight...
Anna Samson tackles her fears in The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov, written in secret in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940, during Stalin's regime. Banned and censored for many decades, it wasn't until the late 60's that a complete manuscript was finally...
News
2024 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL – FIRST ACTS ANNOUNCED & ON SALE
The 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival will take over the streets, venues and bars of Melbourne from 27 March to 21 April 2024. The first round of shows have been announced with many tickets now on sale – and lots more still to come. Riding on the success of...
Sci-fi dance phenomenon FUTURE CARGO to premiere in Adelaide
FUTURE CARGO, the critically acclaimed sci-fi dance phenomenon, will make its Australian premiere at Adelaide Fringe in 2024. Created by David Rosenberg, best known for the immersive shipping container series Darkfield, and Frauke Requardt, one of the UK's most...
SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ACTS
The Sydney Comedy Festival is thrilled to announce the next round of hilarious comedians taking part in the 2024 Festival on from 22nd April to 19th May next year. Adding to the uproarious roster of international talent returning to Sydney’s stages is fast-thinking...
The Lehman Trilogy – Australian cast announcement
The producers, the National Theatre and Neal Street Productions, in association with Trafalgar Entertainment, announced today that Aaron Krohn, Howard W. Overshown and Adrian Schiller will play the Lehman brothers, and a cast of characters including their sons and...
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