Sydney news

Details: 26 September 2007

The biggest little play festival in the world is back! Entries for Short & Sweet Sydney Jan-Feb 2008 are now open.

Details: 25 September 2007

Today Peter Cousens, the Artistic Director of Kookaburra: The National Musical Theatre Company, announced that FLOYD COLLINS - A New Musical, would be cancelled.

Details: 17 September 2007

The Griffin Award for 2007 was awarded to Damien Millar last Wednesday evening at SBW Stables Theatre. His play Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures is an adaptation of a book by Ken Cain.

Details: 14 September 2007

Peter Cousens CEO of Kookaburra The National Musical Theatre Company last night announced the 2008 Subscription Season.

Details: 13 September 2007

The Australian music industry last night celebrated the success of this year’s most outstanding Australian contemporary classical music achievements at the 2007 Classical Music Awards.

Details: 22 August 2007

The producers of the brand spanking new production of The Rocky Horror Show, set to open Sydney’s new Star Theatre in February 2008, have announced that John Waters will perform the role of The Narrator.

Details: 09 August 2007

Choreographers and dancers will unite throughout October, performing short ten minute dance works, for the inaugural season of Short, Sweet & Dance.

Details: 08 August 2007

Composer Brett Dean, percussionist Rebecca Lagos and music entrepreneur Belinda Webster are among a distinguished field of national finalists for the 2007 Classical Music Awards announced yesterday

Most read Sydney reviews

The Lark | Hey Dowling
Noni Hazlehurst brings Rose and The Lark to colourful and compelling life in this one-woman show.
Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) | Neil Gooding Productions & Woodward Productions
This rollicking musical take on Jane Austen’s beloved novel is a side-splitting crowd pleaser.
Heartbreak Hotel | EBKM
Heartbreak Hotel invites its audience into an intimate portrait of the universal and isolating experience of heartbreak.
Current | Sydney Dance Company
While Bonachela’s work is, as always, dreamily lovely, for me the highlights were absolutely the three commissioned choreographers: Azzam Mohamed, Jenni Large and Raghav Handa.
The Gospel According to Paul – The Second Coming | Soft Tread Productions
The Gospel According to Paul is meticulously crafted entertainment. It’s uplifting without pulling any punches.

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