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NYC’s Under The Radar Festival Uses Lessons From The Past To Shape The Future

Posted by Victoria Zavyalova | 9th Feb 2026 | Australia, Festivals, Review, United States of America

In January, the NYC Under the Radar Festival presented some of the most innovative and...

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...

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...

‘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...

Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Posted by Mert Dilek | 19th Feb 2024 | London, Review, United Kingdom

A solo performance in theatre may often trap us inside a single dramatic character, taking us deep...

Sydney Theatre Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”: Fresh, Funny and Completely Joyous

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 28th Sep 2023 | Acting, Adaptation, Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Politics

It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and...

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...

“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...

A Production to Satisfy Sydney’s Darkest Imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company’s “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 13th Sep 2022 | Acting, Adaptation, Australia, Review

Review: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, directed by Kip Williams for Sydney Theatre Company...

With “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” at The Sydney Theatre Company Gives Us a Brontë Adaptation for Our Moment

Posted by Vanessa Smith | 29th Jul 2022 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, directed by Jessica Arthur for the Sydney Theatre Company...

With Nine Broadway Musicals Currently on Australian Stages, Musical Theatre is Thriving Again

Posted by Craig Dalton | 23rd Jun 2022 | Australia, Musical Theatre, News

With nine Broadway musicals currently playing on Australian stages – and a further three set to...

Friday Essay: A World of Pain – Australian Theatre in Crisis

Posted by Gillian Arrighi and Clare Irvine | 18th Oct 2021 | Australia, Covid-19, Theatre and Politics

Australia’s performing arts sector has long been recognized as an ecosystem. It is a community of...

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...

“Playing Beatie Bow” is Brought to Thundering Life in a Joyous Stage Production

Posted by Vanessa Berry | 14th Mar 2021 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Sydney

Playing Beatie Bow is the coming-of-age story of the teenage Abigail, who, from her home in...

“Wonnangatta” Review: Australian Theatre-Writing at its Provocative and Powerful Best

Posted by Leigh Boucher | 9th Nov 2020 | Australia, Playwriting, Review, Sydney

Review: Wonnangatta by Angus Cerini, directed by Jessica Arthur, Sydney Theatre Company Theatre is...

“Wonnangatta” Review: Australian Theatre Writing At Its Provocative And Powerful Best

Posted by Leigh Boucher | 14th Oct 2020 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Politics

Review: Wonnangatta by Angus Cerini, directed by Jessica Arthur, Sydney Theatre Company Theatre is...

Julia Leigh Continues to Explore Definitions of Womanhood in New Adaptation of Her Memoir

Posted by Camilla Nelson | 22nd Sep 2019 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Gender

Review: Avalanche: A Love Story, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, Sydney Theatre Company Maxine...

“The Secret River” at The National Theatre

Posted by Konrad Zielinski | 12th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

The revival of Sydney Theatre Company’s production of The Secret River, performed to great acclaim...

“The Cursed Child” Is The Latest In A Line Of Big Shows That Date Back To The Romans

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 10th Mar 2019 | Australia, Essay, Melbourne

“This,” the Chicago Tribune critic reminds us on the billboard of seemingly every tram stop in...

Tag: Sydney Theatre Company

NYC’s Under The Radar Festival Uses Lessons From The Past To Shape The Future

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

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

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

Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Sydney Theatre Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”: Fresh, Funny and Completely Joyous

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

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

A Production to Satisfy Sydney’s Darkest Imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company’s “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

With “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” at The Sydney Theatre Company Gives Us a Brontë Adaptation for Our Moment

With Nine Broadway Musicals Currently on Australian Stages, Musical Theatre is Thriving Again

Friday Essay: A World of Pain – Australian Theatre in Crisis

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

“Playing Beatie Bow” is Brought to Thundering Life in a Joyous Stage Production

“Wonnangatta” Review: Australian Theatre-Writing at its Provocative and Powerful Best

“Wonnangatta” Review: Australian Theatre Writing At Its Provocative And Powerful Best

Julia Leigh Continues to Explore Definitions of Womanhood in New Adaptation of Her Memoir

“The Secret River” at The National Theatre

“The Cursed Child” Is The Latest In A Line Of Big Shows That Date Back To The Romans

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