Sydney Reviews

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 19 January 2009

The Comedy of Errors | Sydney Shakespeare Festival

Was one of Shakespeare's earliest plays the world's first sitcom? Debatable. What's much less so is The Comedy of Errors is pithier than Friends. And sports much richer, intrinsically comic characters.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 17 January 2009

This is one of Shakespeare's shorter tragedies and, as such, well-suited to the vagaries of a Sydney summer, under wildly unpredictable, globally-warmed skies.

Details: Ashley Walker; 16 January 2009

As the saying goes, one man’s art is another’s pornography. This has always been true of burlesque, a blend of cabaret, circus acts and striptease.

Details: Sonia Allan; 13 January 2009

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is a by-the-seat-of-your-pants romp through all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in 97 minutes (extra with interval).

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 12 January 2009

The Witches started life as a book, by Roald Dahl, but was adapted, by children's theatrician, David Wood, into New Theatre's latest summer holiday production.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 11 January 2009

The Ensemble Theatre continues it's longstanding, consistent record of setting a very high standard in children's theatre, this time in collaboration with Off The Cuff Productions.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 10 January 2009

Diabate, Lang & Singh meld mellifluously. While solo kora takes some exposure & experience to get inside, this almost definitive world musical trio breathtakingly demonstrates what synergy really means.

Details: lisa-maree botticelli; 10 January 2009

With a cast of 40 champion acrobats from Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Mongolia and Russia Le Grand Cirque Aerial Dreams transformed the Sydney Opera House into a fun house of amazing stunts, athletic prowess and aerial wizardry.

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