Sydney Reviews

: Sarah Doyle; 12 March 2007

Never Been This Far Away From Home | Martin del Amo

Berlin-born Sydney-based Martin del Amo explores the notion of the unknown with both text and movement in his new work ‘Never Been This Far Away From Home.’

: James Waites; 09 March 2007

The Season at Sarsaparilla | STC

This new production of Patrick White’s ‘charade of suburbia’ The Season At Sarsaparilla, is all one could have hoped it could be: a triumph for director Benedict Andrews and for the STC’s Actors’ Company.

: Jack Teiwes; 05 March 2007

Love @ Fast Sight | Live Ideas

“How do you want your eggs in the morning; scrambled or fertilized?”
For those of us who have never experienced the weird and, well… weird world of Speed Dating, this play confirms our worst fears: Olivia Ansell’s hilarious short play seems more like a cautionary tale than an endorsement.

: Brett Casben; 03 March 2007

A Day In The Death of Joe Egg | Darlinghurst Theatre

Without doubt it is a beautifully crafted work wonderfully staged and directed in this production.

: Selma Nadarajah; 03 March 2007

From Door To Door

The Jewish mother has somewhat become a stereotype in entertainment. The portrayal of the overbearing matriarch, who steadfastly drills in to her offspring the crucial importance of retaining the Jewish tradition, has been widely represented in literature, film and theatre.

: Sarah Doyle; 27 February 2007

Short and Sweet

Short & Sweet offers a good opportunity for theatre dramatists to have their work seen by the general public, to be validated as artists, to practice and grow in their craft.

: Selma Nadarajah; 25 February 2007

Matthew Bournes Swan Lake

Swan Lake is a bold, dynamic and clever interpretation. Bourne throws in elements of jazz, modern dance, Latin (including an energetic paso doble set to Tchaikovsky’s Spanish Dance) as well as ballroom and folk.

: Jack Teiwes; 22 February 2007

A Midsummer Nights Dream | RAW-EM Theatre Co

Nothing quite adds a sense of reality to a “night in the woods” like a diegetic thrum of real cicadas. At one point a chorus of kookaburras struck up, as if perfectly on cue to provide a fanfare for Titania’s entrance!