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Sydney Theatre Company’s “Dracula”: A Virtuosic Performance, Sexy Staging, And A Queer Rewriting

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 16th Jul 2024 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

The figure of Dracula has always lived somewhere between the written word, screen projections and...

New Play “American Signs” Looks At The Nefarious World Of Consultancies – But Leaves Australia Off The Hook

Posted by Alana Lentin | 3rd Jul 2024 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Anchuli Felicia King’s new one-performer piece, American Signs, written for the talented Catherine...

“Symphonie Of The Bicycle:” On The Desire To Be Great, And The Desire To Live A Life With Great Meaning

Posted by Catherine Campbell | 22nd May 2024 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Symphonie of the Bicycle is a tour de force. Actor and writer Hew Parham takes the audience...

A Story Of Trauma, Hope And Regaining Control, “Nayika: A Dancing Girl” Is Soul-Stirring Dance Theatre

Posted by Vanita Yadav | 15th May 2024 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Dance

The complex and grappling issue of violence against women takes centre stage in the soul-stirring...

I Wholeheartedly Recommend “The President:” A Brilliant Revival Of A Play Of Decay, Terror And Revulsion

Posted by Alexander Howard | 30th Apr 2024 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Decay, terror, revulsion. These are three of the central themes of Thomas Bernhard’s rarely...

New Play “The Exact Dimensions of Hell” Explores The Chaos And Contradiction Of Teenage Girlhood – And Witchcraft

Posted by Sarah Austin | 27th Apr 2024 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

The relationship between witchcraft and teenage girls has been the subject of many books, films...

‘Strong Theatre With Unwavering Precision’: Into The Shimmering World Asks Us What Does It Mean To Be Good?

Posted by Ian Maxwell | 16th Apr 2024 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Angus Cerini’s Into the Shimmering World is an unforgiving and, frankly, bleak meditation on what...

Love, Loss And Tears – But Also Laughter: Belvoir’s Compelling And Skilful Staging Of “Holding The Man”

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 28th Mar 2024 | Australia, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review

Walking through Chippendale on my way to Sydney’s Belvoir Street Theatre, where this production of...

Respect And Disrespect Clash Throughout 37 – A Brilliant New Play Exploring Australian Rules Football

Posted by Julie Andrews | 23rd Mar 2024 | Australia, Documentary Theatre, Review

Guernsey number 37 belonged to Aboriginal star football player Adam Goodes when he played for...

I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out Of “On The Beach” And Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 5th Aug 2023 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Politics

Review: On The Beach, directed by Kip Williams. When Nevil Shute wrote his 1957 novel On the...

Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”

Posted by Camilla Nelson | 29th Apr 2023 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives...

“The Jungle And The Sea” Reminds Us War Is Profoundly Local, With The Intimate Negotiation Of Human Relationships

Posted by Niro Kandasamy | 9th Dec 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Review: The Jungle and the Sea, directed by Eamon Flack and S. Shakthidharan, Belvoir. After the...

“RBG: Of Many, One” Is A Beautifully Crafted, Virtuosically Performed Play About Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted by Penelope Crossley | 7th Dec 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Review: RBG: Of Many, One, directed by Priscilla Jackman, Sydney Theatre Company Writing a play...

“Don’s Party” at 50: An Achingly Real Portrayal of The Hapless Australian Middle-Class Voter

Posted by Kathryn Kelly | 6th Sep 2021 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Politics

The play Don’s Party premiered on August 11, 1971 at Carlton’s Pram Factory, home to the radical...

A Tight, Living Room Drama of a Family in Crisis, “Appropriate” Explores Truth-Telling and Dark Histories

Posted by Heidi Norman and Jennifer Newman | 20th Jul 2021 | Australia, Review, Sydney

Wesley Enoch’s exuberant return to the Sydney Theatre Company to direct African-American...

Australia’s Settler and First Nations Histories Meet in The Wild of The Bush in “Dogged”

Posted by Liza-Mare Syron | 13th May 2021 | Australia, Dramaturgy, Review

Review: Dogged, directed by Declan Greene. Griffin Theatre Company in association with Force...

Pining for St Kilda Instead of Moscow: “The Cherry Orchard” Grapples With Our Cultural Inheritance

Posted by Leah Mercer | 9th Mar 2021 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad

Review: The Cherry Orchard, directed by Clare Watson. Black Swan State Theatre Company for the...

Sydney Festival Review: Circa’s “Humans 2.0” is a Visceral Delight

Posted by Kate Maguire-Rosier | 2nd Feb 2021 | Australia, Festivals, Review, Sydney, Sydney Theatre Festival 2021

Review: Humans 2.0, directed by Yaron Lifschitz, Circa at Sydney Festival The black circular stage...

“Family Values:” David Williamson’s New Uncomfortable, Confronting Play

Posted by Ian Maxwell | 18th Feb 2020 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

The newest play from Australia’s most prolific playwright sees David Williamson in vintage form....

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Sydney Theatre Company’s “Dracula”: A Virtuosic Performance, Sexy Staging, And A Queer Rewriting

New Play “American Signs” Looks At The Nefarious World Of Consultancies – But Leaves Australia Off The Hook

“Symphonie Of The Bicycle:” On The Desire To Be Great, And The Desire To Live A Life With Great Meaning

A Story Of Trauma, Hope And Regaining Control, “Nayika: A Dancing Girl” Is Soul-Stirring Dance Theatre

I Wholeheartedly Recommend “The President:” A Brilliant Revival Of A Play Of Decay, Terror And Revulsion

New Play “The Exact Dimensions of Hell” Explores The Chaos And Contradiction Of Teenage Girlhood – And Witchcraft

‘Strong Theatre With Unwavering Precision’: Into The Shimmering World Asks Us What Does It Mean To Be Good?

Love, Loss And Tears – But Also Laughter: Belvoir’s Compelling And Skilful Staging Of “Holding The Man”

Respect And Disrespect Clash Throughout 37 – A Brilliant New Play Exploring Australian Rules Football

I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out Of “On The Beach” And Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer

Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”

“The Jungle And The Sea” Reminds Us War Is Profoundly Local, With The Intimate Negotiation Of Human Relationships

“RBG: Of Many, One” Is A Beautifully Crafted, Virtuosically Performed Play About Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Don’s Party” at 50: An Achingly Real Portrayal of The Hapless Australian Middle-Class Voter

A Tight, Living Room Drama of a Family in Crisis, “Appropriate” Explores Truth-Telling and Dark Histories

Australia’s Settler and First Nations Histories Meet in The Wild of The Bush in “Dogged”

Pining for St Kilda Instead of Moscow: “The Cherry Orchard” Grapples With Our Cultural Inheritance

Sydney Festival Review: Circa’s “Humans 2.0” is a Visceral Delight

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