Sydney Reviews

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 18 February 2013

Dave Keogh is the musical equivalent of an habitual blood donor. And he's not doing it for the free tea and biscuits. It's for love. How often can you say that, these days?

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 15 February 2013

The History Boys | Peach Theatre Company

Alan Bennett’s play, The History Boys is, in part, a coming of age story that ponders the purpose of education, the value of literature and the relationship between truth and history.

Details: Jodi McAlister; 13 February 2013

Dreams in White is an exploration of secrecy, of fantasy, of performance. When you have a secret – when you are lying, when you are performing – what is real?

Details: Jodi McAlister; 12 February 2013

This Heaven is a punch thrown. It is a brick hurled. As playwright Nakkiah Lui remarks in the program, it is a Molotov cocktail.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 11 February 2013

Milk Milk Lemonade | New Theatre

While not flawless, Rowston et al have channelled the spirit of this work and challenged us to get with the programme.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 08 February 2013

Short + Sweet seems to have become the theatre for people who don't usually go to theatre. To some extent, of course, it's also theatre made by people who don't usually make theatre.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 06 February 2013

Out of Place | ATYP

It's a laudable way to start the ATYP year. Ten new voices. Actually twenty, when one considers the actors involved; also fresh faces. Out of Place is a loose theme, designed to string together ten pearls.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 06 February 2013

Fierstein’s funny, wise cracking, yet serious script, has great appeal and balances charm and weight through a main character who is so open about who he is and what he wants that the audience can’t help but warm to him.

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