Sydney news

Details: 07 September 2012

The Concourse Chatswood has become the first performing arts centre in Australia to offer in-house backstage technical training to external applicants.

Details: 05 September 2012

The Sydney Comedy Festival Stage returns in 2012 featuring some of Australia's best beloved comedians as well as the very best emerging artists in a rollicking showcase of world-class comedy.

Details: 04 September 2012

Griffin Theatre Company Artistic Director Sam Strong has announced his third and final season for the company.

Details: 27 August 2012

Griffin Theatre Company Chair Michael Bradley today announced that Lee Lewis has been appointed the company's new Artistic Director, set to take over from Sam Strong on 1 January 2013.

Details: 16 August 2012

David Gonski, Chairman of Sydney Theatre Company, today announced that Andrew Upton has been appointed Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company commencing 1 January 2013.

Details: 01 June 2012

Sydney's Performance Space today announced Bec Dean and Jeff Khan as new Co-Directors/CEO.

Details: 23 April 2012

Sydney Festival today announced Christopher Tooher as the new Executive Director for Sydney Festival, joining Festival Director Lieven Bertels.

Details: 13 December 2011

Today marks the 20 year anniversary of the death of former Sydney Symphony Chief Conductor Stuart Challender, beloved of musicians and audiences alike.

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.
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 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.