Sydney news

Details: 27 August 2008

The Australian cast of Disney’s High School Musical - Live On Stage! was revealed at a media launch in Sydney today.

Details: 27 August 2008

Tonight, at the SBW Stables Theatre, the 2008 Griffin Award was awarded to playwright Rick Viede for Whore – “a poetic and explosive exploration of desire, capitalism and the body”.

Details: 24 August 2008

Griffin Theatre Company has released the judges’ shortlist of eight plays in the running for the 2008 Griffin Award - the prestigious annual prize offered for an outstanding new, unproduced Australian play or performance text.

Details: 09 August 2008

Riflemind by Sydney Theatre Company Co-Artistic Director Andrew Upton, and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, will open at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End in September.

Details: 22 July 2008

Script Entries for Short+Sweet Melbourne 2008, Short+Sweet Sydney 2009 and Short+Sweet Brisbane 2009 are now open.

Details: 26 June 2008

A spectacular full-scale Australian production of Disney’s HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL – Live on Stage! will open in Sydney at The Capitol Theatre ahead of a national tour of eight cities.

Details: 26 June 2008

Musica Viva is proud to announce the inaugural Musica Viva Festival featuring five jam-packed days of cultural vibrancy, exceptional performers and fantastic music.

Details: 12 June 2008

The first of two self-devised productions given this year by disadvantaged youth will take place on Monday 16 June at Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre as part of Company B’s Youth Express Program.

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Dancing at Lughnasa | New Theatre
A gifted embroider of words, Friel combines soft lyricism and hard meaning in his play, a tragical comical historical pastoral on a spree and spoiling for a spirited spar.
Stage Kiss | New Theatre
There’s a palpable playfulness to these performances, disciplined, drilled and delightful. There’s fire, bite and fun and lots of kissing.
My Brilliant Career | Sydney Theatre Company
Based on an Australian literature classic, My Brilliant Career is destined to become an Australian theatrical classic.
The First Murder | Pinchgut Opera
In the care of Pinchgut Opera’s director, Erin Helyard, this music, formulaic as it indeed is in some respects, sprang off the page into an experience rich in emotions.
Sistren | Griffin Theatre Company
Iolanthe and Janet Anderson work in cosmic, comedic accord, characterisation charismatic, timing impeccable, delivery precise, together a tour de force that ascends the cliché.