Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns with a darkly humorous and poignant exploration of family dynamics.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunites with Leigh as Pansy, a woman consumed by fear and anger, while her easy-going sister leads a very different life as …
Above : theatre legend Nancye Hayes plays Leo’s very independent grandmother Vera in Amy Herzog’s play 4000 Miles. Photo Daniel Boud.
About half way through American playwright Amy Herzog’s play 4000 MILES my companion whispers in my ear, sighing, ‘…
Casting for stage plays should be sensible, but right now in Australia sense has been diminished by sensitivity policies. An actor inherently appropriates his or her character’s culture. She or he must. That’s the job. But now “cultural appropriation” policy …
Ray Lawler’s classic play SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL was first performed at the Union Theatre in Melbourne on the 28th November 1955. The play is considered to be the most significant in Australian theatre history, and a “turning …
SHORT AND SWEET THEATRE 2025 – SYDNEY WEEK ONE @ TURNER HALL THEATRE
S+S SYDNEY 2025 Heat #1
The world’s biggest short play festival is back in Sydney.
Short+Sweet 2025 is a celebration of play writing, plus the creation …
The Chatswood rendition of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA is nothing short of a theatrical gem, being a vibrant, fast-paced, and utterly captivating reimagining of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy. Presented by COME YOU SPIRITS THEATRE COMPANY at THE CONCOURSE in Chatswood
This production, …
This multi Tony Award winning musical has finally landed at Theatre Royal Sydney with an exhilarating opening night on Friday.
The hit musical by Anais Mitchell (music, lyrics and book) brilliantly intertwines two mythic tales – that of …
Above: Fraser Morrison in call-centre character mode. Featured: Fraser as Mikey in the midst of retelling his tale of surviving the 1980s in Soho. Photo credit- Abraham de Souza.
On the eve of Mardi Gras Fair Day 2025 Fruit Box …
Above: (l-r) Australian Guitar Quartet – Vladimir Gorbach, Leonard Grigoryan, Andrew Blanch, Slava Grigoryan. All images: Irena Pernickova.
The inimitable and versatile sound of the classical guitar, the instantly endearing voice of the guitar quartet, plus the scintillating musicianship of …
Four stars
Workplace dramas provide rich material to explore relationships, social dynamics, achievements and the stumbles to attain those results, and Masterpiece is a humorous and entertaining exploration of this environment.
Performed in Flow Studios 88 in Camperdown, a …