On the face of it, this seemed a strange choice of music for a ballet, as a composer whose music is less suited to ballet ...

Till the Stars Come Down takes its title from a line in W.H. Auden’s poem, Death’s Echo – dance till the stars come down – ...

With Jeanette Cronin as Bette Davis and Lucia Mastrantone as Bette’s Bête noire, Joan Crawford, the production has a ...

T he show that should be on everybody’s lips is New Theatre’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s Stage Kiss. Pucker up for a riotous ...

M y Brilliant Career is another career highlight in the brilliant career of Sheridan Harbridge. Hot on the heels of her homage to Chrissy Amphlett in Amplified, soon to be remount ...

Step aside The Boy from Oz, there’s a new contender for the title of ‘The Great Australian Musical’. Melbourne Theatre Company’s My Brilliant Career, based on the 1901 Miles Franklin novel has ...

The Wedding Singer, now on at the State Theatre, is a musical based on the 1998 movie by Adam Sandler. It is a joyous celebration of the 80s – of shoulder pads and hair-do’s that would block out the ...

It strikes at the heart of steve j. spears’ The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin. Despite decriminalisation and an apparent advancement in social tolerance, the topical and emotional impact of The ...

Opportunity is a funny thing; the word brims with promise, but just like talent, intelligence or privilege, it’s what you make of it that defines whether it will have a positive or negative impact on ...

All for what? Five stars! A real rendezvous with posterity, Sheridan Harbridge’s Amplified: The Exquisite Rock and Rage of Chrissy Amphlett is an exquisite channeling of the charismatic performer.

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 ...

This school holidays, Roald Dahl’s Twits are at it again in all their glorious grossness at the Sydney Opera House. Expect farts galore and boogers in abundance as these two favourite characters are ...