The Sydney Theatre Company (STC) has come back home to the Wharf 1 Theatre, after extensive renovations, with Kate Mulvany’s stage adaptation of Ruth Park’s classic children’s novel ‘Playing Beatie Bow’.
This is the second Ruth Park work that Mulvany …
It’s great to see the Hayes Theatre open again after the long Covid shutdown.
What a great way to start up again with the complete silliness, zaniness, of Mel Brooks.
Not content with making the hit comedy movie ‘Frankenstein’ in …
A joyous coming out romp, 5 LESBIANS EATING QUICHE, is currently on show at the Giant Dwarf. Director Rosie Niven says it provides a space in which “women can be unapologetically silly, funny, and proud”. This show does that but …
FAG/STAG by Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Chris Isaacs is a comic but bittersweet story of the emotional complexities of the gay/straight man relationship. In this two-hander, ably directed by Les Solomon, Corgan played by Samson Alston and Jimmy, …
Back in 2019, Little Eggs Collective presented Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, The Rime of The Ancient Mariner as a theatrical piece. It was a triumph.
Now this company is presenting a musical piece, Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz, as a theatrical …
This is an affectionate, delightful look at the life of June Bronhill, one of Australia’s theatrical legends, by Richard Davis.
The book has twelve chapters, a list of June’s stage performances (this reviewer saw her several times in various productions), …
So, I looked up the etymology of the word “normal”. In classical Latin “made according to a carpenter’s square, from norma – rule, pattern”. “Conforming to common standards or established order.”
Meaning “heterosexual” by 1914.
Next was “prejudice”. …
A concert featuring the wonderful songs of Joni Mitchell is sure to entice an enthusiastic audience to Parramatta’s busy and pulsing Riverside Theatre. Queenie van de Zandt delivers a polished and informative show to the appreciative crowd. An excellent trio …
Director/musical director Mitchell Old has assembled a talented group of musicians and performers for this exciting and vibrant production of THE LAST FIVE YEARS. This is the debut production of the Mitchell Old Company, and is certainly an impressive …
A co-production with Queensland Theatre and Brisbane Festival in association with the Australian Theatre For Young People, Australian playwright Yve Blake’s FANGIRLS premiered at the Bille Brown Theatre in Brisbane back in September 2019 and then transferred the following …