Sydney news

Details: 07 December 2011

Sydney’s most famous cabaret venue, Slide, will produce its first annual Cabaret Festival from Monday 6 February – Saturday March 3, 2012.

Details: 02 December 2011

The Board has appointed Bec Dean and Jeff Khan as Co-Directors for six months starting in January 2012.

Details: 23 November 2011

In 2012 Andrea Demetriades makes her Sydney Theatre Company debut in Pygmalion, replacing Jessica Marais who had previously been announced for the iconic role of Eliza.

Details: 24 September 2011

Sydney Theatre Company announces 2012 Season

Artistic Directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton yesterday announced their 2012 Main Stage Season for Sydney Theatre Company

Details: 23 May 2011

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell today announced the stage musical of the iconic Australian film Strictly Ballroom will have its world premiere and first run in Sydney at the Lyric Theatre from September 2013.

Details: 19 May 2011

It was announced today that The Addams Family, Broadway’s new smash hit musical comedy based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Australian premiere in Sydney in March 2013.

Details: 09 May 2011

Short+Sweet, Australia’s own and the world’s biggest short theatre festival, is on the lookout for a new festival director for its key Sydney festival.

Details: 04 May 2011

Sydney Theatre Company has released the judges’ shortlist of five plays in the running for the 2010 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award.

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.