Neil Simon’s play THE ODD COUPLE set in New York in the 1960s and featuring neat freak Felix Unger moving in the ultimate slob Oscar Maddison’s apartment is one of the plays that has perennial appeal and will always draw …
The longest running play on Broadway CHICAGO is making a brief but welcome return to Sydney with a brand new but extremely talented cast.
Leading the cast is one of Australian theatre’s greatest leading men, Anthony Warlow, …
The Sri Lankan saga gala, COUNTING AND CRACKING, has returned to Sydney. Don’t miss it this time around. It premiered in Sydney in 2019 in the Town Hall. It then went to Adelaide, Melbourne, New York, Edinburgh and now it’s …
The double bill ‘Tales of Kabbarli’ and ‘Walk in Beauty’ brings together two works, in a way first planned in 2012. “Walk in Beauty” celebrates the poetry of earth’s early cultures, in a way that resonates with the themes …
A lot of great comedy has stemmed from the dysfunctional, bizarre family genre. Shows that instantly come to mind are the Addams Family and Meet The Fockers. It is this rich genre that the brilliant British playwright Noel Coward, known …
Ode to Isaiah Walsh begins with a death. Nobody’s grieving, however. It’s 4am in a Manhattan high-rise, and word’s been caught that ageing pop star, SINGER, has turned up dead in his penthouse apartment. An overdose, it seems, according to …
William Shakespeares KING LEAR is a mighty work. For their new production the Bell Shakespeare Company takes on this epic tragedy.
I have seen KING LEAR on a number of occasions, the last time it was a Sydney Theatre Company …
One by one, five young Aborigines slowly enter a huge uninviting impersonal space, each carrying a suitcase or backpack. Each has been taken from their families by the government to live in an institution. Each of the five …
How invigorating it is to experience a play that is so funny and witty, utterly compelling and yet simultaneously sad, that the audience are driven to give the most heartwarming standing ovation at its conclusion. Such was …
I first saw a version of this work at the Spiegeltent in First Fleet Park , Circular Quay.
The Spiegeltent has now moved to the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park.
A capacity crowd gasped at some of the death …