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

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.

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.

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.

She has a winning smile, is as animated as The Bugs Bunny Show and just as funny. Yet, when she turns her hand to a sensitive, searching ballad, she thrusts a knife in your chest that pierces your heart.

Brisbane’s brassy, brash and brazen boylesque crew Briefs turned Parramatta’s Perdu Spiegeltent inside-out and upside-down during this year’s Sydney Festival.

Little Egypt Burlesque is a sly move by a phalanx of Sydney's first and foremost young jazz musos, including, on vocals, Brian Campeau, Lily Dior, Elana Stone and Katie Reeve. Quite a powerhouse.