Sydney Reviews

Details: Trevar Alan Chilver; 06 August 2010

Although The Berry Man might be centred on the Vietnam War, its theme really runs much deeper than that.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 29 July 2010

Both plays had lines any ambitious writer would wish they'd written. In fact, it's pretty much true of both plays in their entirety.

Details: Brenton Amies; 28 July 2010

The play deals with the sliding doors or the 'what ifs' of the central character (Hannah) as she wends her merry way from adolescence to early adulthood.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 26 July 2010

Peter Nichols' Poppy, ostensibly a musical, is daring and dangerous ground for a next-to-no-budget production company, like the industrious Factory Space.

Details: Aleksei Wechter; 23 July 2010

From the darkness Rommy makes her demand: a doll, a book and a fuse in exchange for freedom.

Details: Augusta Supple; 22 July 2010

Like a Fishbone is a series of arguments about authority and righteousness, which ultimately examines a deeper philosophical dilemma - a person’s life purpose.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 18 July 2010

This production doesn't put a foot wrong. Nope. Not even for a moment

Details: Jack Teiwes; 14 July 2010

Kiss of the Spider Woman | Darlinghurst Theatre & Gaiety Theatre

If you were to make a shortlist of the types of subject matter that typically lend themselves to adaptation as musical theatre, the tale of a tortured political activist imprisoned with a flamboyant gay window-dresser might not exactly spring to the top of the list.

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