Sydney news

Details: 24 March 2008

The all singing - and sometimes dancing - version of the world’s biggest short play festival returns in 2008 for strictly limited season at the Seymour Centre from 26 March.

Details: 15 March 2008

Kookaburra: The National Musical Theatre Company launched its 2008 - 2009 subscription season, announcing a three musical program about Life, Love and Family.

Details: 26 February 2008

Opera Australia and the Australian Film Commission, have announced the first live transmission of an opera from the Sydney Opera House to regional cinemas across Australia.

Details: 25 February 2008

A witty and timely twist on the “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” story has swept the top awards at the finals of Short+Sweet 2008.

Details: 19 February 2008

Yesterday at the Powerhouse Museum, Theatre of Image announced a new funding partnership with the NSW Department of Education & Training

Details: 27 January 2008

Winners of the 36th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia were announced in front of a packed Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Convention Centre last night.

Details: 26 January 2008

Darlinghurst Theatre Company director, Glen Terry, underestimated the charm of his self-deprecation. "I’m probably not the most articulate or funny guy to be doing this", as he gently presented the bumper January-July season

Details: 22 January 2008

Company B scooped the pool at last night’s Sydney Theatre Awards, collecting a total of nine awards - almost half of all awards on offer

Most read Sydney reviews

Uked! | Bondi Theatre Company
Uked! is a sing along, string along, immersive jukebox musical, that's more folksy balladeering than an all out, all that jazz razzmatazz.
Doubt | Sydney Theatre Company
Contradiction, conundrum, conflict, racism, misogyny and homophobia run through this play like a main circuit cable snaking through a moral minefield of explosive allegation.
The Lark | Hey Dowling
Noni Hazlehurst brings Rose and The Lark to colourful and compelling life in this one-woman show.
The Can Principle | Jonny Pasvolsky
Following the unedifying edict that "there's a sucker born every minute", the show skewers the modern self-improvement economy in a piss-take parody of today's 'gurus' and snake-oil salesmen.
Heartbreak Hotel | EBKM
Heartbreak Hotel invites its audience into an intimate portrait of the universal and isolating experience of heartbreak.