Sydney Reviews

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 11 June 2009

Set in a beauty parlour in Louisana, six women, each with their own difficulties, share confidences and jokes, enjoying a level of intimacy not otherwise found in their lives.

Details: Augusta Supple; 10 June 2009

The Duel | Sydney Theatre Company and ThinIce

In The Duel, we see the exploration of movement, of the non-verbal, of gestural, a collision of the contemporary stage craft and an antique Russian rumination.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 10 June 2009

Elling | STC and Ambassador Theatre Group

Elling is the tale of two outcasts who have been released from a mental institution and put up in an apartment in downtown Oslo.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 09 June 2009

I went along to Basic Training expecting standup. Sure, there's the odd gag. But BT is a whole lot more than that.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 05 June 2009

What makes this story so interesting is not only the engaging characters but the themes that run through the play.

Details: Helen Barry; 30 May 2009

Featuring a cracking, rapid-fire script by Brendan Cowell, the action revolves around one Ruben Guthrie, ad man extraordinaire, who we meet at the pinnacle of his success, and excess

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 29 May 2009

Bodytorque 2.2 should be the sophisticated 'new movement in ballet' it's being cannily marketed as. Especially given the imprimatur of the organisation producing & presenting it. It is. But only, I think, to a limited extent.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 25 May 2009

Deeply Offensive and Utterly Untrue | Version One Point Zero

It's just possible Version One Point Zero have pioneered a new form of theatre. It's nothing if not didactic (and therein, perhaps, lies both a strength and a problem).

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