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Review: The Phantom of the Opera (Opera Australia’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour)

This spectacular new production is inventively staged, with some stellar performances that will take your breath away.

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Review: Opening Night (Belvoir)

This stage adaptation of Cassavetes' film is skilfully reimagined, but lacklustre performances counteract the building tension.

March 4, 2022
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Review: As You Like It (Melbourne Theatre Company)

The MTC returns with a beautiful, surprisingly subtle take on Shakespeare’s comedy.

November 19, 2021
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Review: SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert (Bangarra Dance Theatre)

Combining contemporary and traditional dance, Bangarra's first full-length work in three years is stunning on every level.

June 13, 2021
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Review: Playing Beatie Bow (Sydney Theatre Company)

Kate Mulvany's new play based on Ruth Park's classic children's novel, set in The Rocks, is the perfect way to reopen the refurbished Wharf.

February 27, 2021
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Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Sydney Theatre Company)

Kip Williams' dazzling stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's gothic melodrama, brilliantly performed by Eryn Jean Norvill, speaks to the here and now.

November 30, 2020
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Review: Wonnangatta (Sydney Theatre Company)

Angus Cerini’s new play about an unsolved double murder, is atmospherically staged and brilliantly performed by Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair.

September 27, 2020
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Review: The Real Thing (Sydney Theatre Company)

With Johnny Carr and Geraldine Hakewill shining in the central roles, Simon Phillips' production is the real deal.

September 15, 2019
Dance
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Review: 30 Years of Sixty Five Thousand (Bangarra Dance Theatre)

This triple bill to celebrate the company's 30th anniversary includes past Bangarra works and Stamping Ground by Jiří Kylián.

June 17, 2019
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Sydney Theatre Company)

Zahra Newman and Hugo Weaving give dazzling performances, but the production doesn’t entirely hit home.

May 4, 2019
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Mosquitoes (Sydney Theatre Company)

Lucy Kirkwood's latest sees an excess of themes redeemed by emotional truths.

April 13, 2019
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The first 2018 Helpmann Awards announced

The musicals Muriel's Wedding and Beautiful, and Bangarra's Bennelong lead the charge at the Act I presentation.

July 15, 2018
Theatre
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Review: Endgame (Sydney Theatre Company)

Andrew Upton manages to make Beckett his own in this darkly comic take on the apocalypse. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

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