Friday, June 2, 2017
Musicals about queer people that aren’t afraid to embrace their queerness – or in the words of Lily Tomlin, aren’t trying to imitate heterosexuality – are few and far between. It’s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:10PMMonday, May 15, 2017
You may know Sierra Boggess from her starring role as Ariel in The Little Mermaid or Christine in Phantom of the Opera or most recently she originated the role of Principal Mullins in School…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:15PMTuesday, May 2, 2017
Flames launch from the front of the stage, the curtain rises to reveal Rachel Marron (a dazzling Paulini), suspended on a platform above a stage full of dancers in glittering costumes. It’…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:36PMWednesday, April 19, 2017
Romantic comedies are a staple of cinema, but it is rare to find a truly enchanting equivalent in the theatre. Luckily, Belvoir has brought back double bill The Dog / The Cat, an onstage rom…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:09PMTuesday, April 18, 2017
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival takes place each year in June, showcasing a variety of incredibly talented artists performing their diverse, moving and entertaining pieces. This year, Dahlesqu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:15AMWednesday, March 22, 2017
As the lights come down on The Bleeding Tree, silence momentarily consumes the audience. From the first moment, this play demands every ounce of your attention and emotional investment. It�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:54PMSunday, March 12, 2017
The light comes up on a group of people standing clad in white, backs to the audience. They are holding a plastic shopping bag in each hand. It is an image of naïve heroism – an act of de…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:43PMWith a woman who refuses to shrink down into the boxes her society assigns her, a rowdy saloon in the middle of the Wild West, strongly hinted queer subtext, and an immersive theatre experie…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:19PMMonday, February 27, 2017
The word ‘classic’ is often used to describe texts that have stood the test of time. Shakespeare is probably the reigning definitive of the term, but Henrik Ibsen, Arthur Miller and othe…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:38AMSunday, February 26, 2017
Oscar Wilde’s writing may be well known, but for some, his lascivious and scandal-filled past is less renowned. David Hare invites us into that past in The Judas Kiss, asking us to consi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:24PMTuesday, January 10, 2017
Ladies in Black means well. A new Australian musical based on Madeleine St John’s novel Women in Black, it carries in its quintessentially Australian core an eagerness to charm audiences.…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:35PMThursday, November 24, 2016
In 2016, 61% of mainstage Australian theatre works was written by men. 90% of international works programmed were written by men. This means that fewer than 30% of plays produced in Australi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:07PMSunday, November 13, 2016
After the week we’ve had and the blow it’s been for women and minority groups everywhere, the idea of escaping to the theatre – that great equalising arena, frequent champion of love a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:52AMTuesday, October 25, 2016
If you want to laugh your way into a downward existential spiral about the way humanity has screwed the world, then Griffin Theatre’s The Turquoise Elephant is the play for you. Climate ch…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:10PMMonday, October 24, 2016
What better place to set a love triangle driven by obsession and lust than in the high-pressure world of high fashion? Red Line Productions’ The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant oozes melodr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:18PMWednesday, October 5, 2016
Dream Lover is a new Australian musical about the life of legendary singer, songwriter and actor Bobby Darin. We chatted with star David Campbell (Darin) about working on a brand-new musical…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:33PMTuesday, October 4, 2016
Dream Lover is a new Australian musical about the life of legendary singer, songwriter and actor Bobby Darin and his movie star wife Sandra Dee. We chatted with Hannah Fredericksen, who co-s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:32PMSide Show invites you into the underbelly of a Depression-era circus where performers – generally people with disabilities, either real or faked – are placed on display to be gawked at. …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:48AMMonday, October 3, 2016
In the back alley behind the popular Kings Cross nightspot World Bar you can be taken back in time to the 1970s, when the World Bar was called The Nevada and it was Sydney’s most infamous …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:58PMWednesday, September 7, 2016
My Fair Lady first appeared on Broadway 60 years ago, and ever since it has won the hearts of fans and critics alike. This transformation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion to this Lerner …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:57PMThursday, September 1, 2016
Fawlty Towers is the beloved television show that charmed a nation and the world back in the 1970s when it first came to air on the BBC. And now John Cleese has teamed together with director…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:25AMSunday, August 14, 2016
Disney’s Aladdin the Musical, based on the beloved 1992 film, is an incredible spectacle that’s focused more on its visual impact than its storytelling – the definition of ‘…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:31PMMonday, August 8, 2016
Fracture is making its Sydney debut at the Old Fitz, a home for innovative, new Australian work that pushes boundaries and defies expectations, which seems appropriate for this insightful an…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:07PMIris (a youthful Ashleigh Cummings) is a 14-year-old girl who has recently escaped from boarding school with her two best friends; they were reported missing. She has turned up 48 hours late…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:48AMSunday, July 31, 2016
Belvoir’s Twelfth Night or What you will is a joyous production that mourns unrequited love and celebrates the revelry and ridiculousness of Shakespeare’s play. The actors’ ensemble, d…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:17PMWednesday, July 27, 2016
As if transitioning into young adulthood isn’t hard enough, what with trying to define a unique self and working out what being a grown-up looks like, the characters in Two Peas’ Drift a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:12AMWednesday, July 13, 2016
It’s hard to resist a revival of a classical musical, especially one based on one of the greatest musical films of all times. Its infectious music and sense of style seems to create a case…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:43PMBryce ‘Back to Basics’ is an entertaining and thoughtful cabaret. Featuring the best of Halliday’s original songs and a couple of covers, he shares stories from his childhood, his pet …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:00AMSunday, July 10, 2016
How do you go from study to premiering your first full-length play at a beloved Sydney indie joint? Lucy Clements knows. She graduated from WAAPA with a Bachelor of Performing Arts in 2015. …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:54PMTuesday, July 5, 2016
Bicycle, currently in the late-show slot at the Old Fitz, is an entertaining and insightful feminist commentary on writing, creativity and society, and, delightfully, with an element of vamp…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:58AMSunday, July 3, 2016
The West End stage production of Singin’ in the Rain opened in Melbourne in May ahead of an Australian tour later this year. We caught up with star Jack Chambers to chat about when he fi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:24PM 
