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Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Head Over Heels (Well Done Creative & Hayes Theatre Co)

This high-camp jukebox musical, combining an Elizabethan tale with music by The Go-Go's, still has room for more exuberance.

February 27, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Barbra The Greatest Star (Hayes Theatre Co)

A celebration, concert-style, of the remarkable songbook of one of the world's great divas.

January 24, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
news

2025 Sydney Theatre Awards nominations announced

Nominations span 56 productions, reflecting the breadth of work across mainstage, independent and musical theatre.

December 22, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Season Preview 2026: Musicals

What musicals are on offer in 2026?

December 19, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
features

Up In Lights

As Nancye Hayes prepares to perform in the musical Anastasia, she talks about her extraordinary 65-year career.

November 24, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Five Questions for Steven Kramer

A musical about an iconic racehorse? The creative jockey, who wrote the music, book and lyrics, tells us about Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical.

October 20, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, News, Theatre
news

Hayes Theatre Co 2026: Future-curious and fresh eyes on the classics

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Addams Family and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying among the shows to get a Hayes makeover.

September 15, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Bright Star (Sport for Jove & Hayes Theatre Co)

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's bluegrass musical is a heart-on-sleeve winner with everyone on stage a quadruple threat.

September 11, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Journey to the Stage

Two musicals by lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty – Anastasia and Once on This Island – are opening in Australia.

July 21, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Being Alive (Hayes Theatre Co)

It's good to see this concert of Sondheim songs take a fresh approach, but there are creases to be ironed out.

June 27, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera
features

The Bold and the Terrifying

Alexander Berlage chats with Steve Dow about his current projects – the Australian premiere of a musical and the world premiere of a new Sydney Chamber Opera work.

May 19, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pinwheel Productions & Hayes Theatre Co)

Director Alexander Berlage and his cast, led by Amy Hack, do a brilliant job bringing this flawed show to life.

May 16, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Producers (Joshua Robson Productions & Hayes Theatre Co.)

In times when we're not quite sure what we're allowed to laugh at, The Producers delights in being an equal-opportunity giver of offence.

April 2, 2025

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