Sydney Reviews

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 27 May 2008

This was a somewhat unexpectedly sensational evening of thoroughly affecting music, in no small measure contributed to by the hottest, tightest, bravest band I’ve seen in yonks.

Details: Alexandra Coghlan; 27 May 2008

Irony and melodrama make for poor bedfellows in this latest production of a musical theatre classic.

Details: Cameron Bayley; 24 May 2008

In the course of the performance, this boxing ring becomes, among other places, a prison cell, a railway line, concert venue, and beach jetty. So it’s clear: everyday life, in all its aspects, is a place you must survive.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 24 May 2008

He is charismatic, clever, talented, consummately professional and, together with his band and the audience, he is having the time of his life. And why wouldn’t he?

Details: Lisa-Maree Botticelli; 23 May 2008

My Name is Rachel Corrie | Bareboards Productions

My Name is Rachel Corrie is an intriguing and passionate one-woman drama

Details: Sonia Allan; 20 May 2008

The latest concert from the Brandenburg Choir features 50 trebles, 30 consummate choristers, one Australian premiere, and a whole lot of beautiful music.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 20 May 2008

You’d have to be positively robotic not to respond, even if you were utterly unfamiliar with his very considerable body of work

Details: Sonia Allan; 18 May 2008

While offering occasional moments of warmth and humour, QED is on the whole a trite, saccharine and shallow production of an unremarkable play.

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