Sydney Reviews

Details: Helen Barry; 09 February 2008

This is a fine production, full of plenty of fun and good-humoured stirrings about sex, relationships and being gay in a big city

Details: Jack Teiwes; 08 February 2008

Falling in love at first sight is always a cue for some good laughs, especially when false identities (and genders) are involved.

Details: Augusta Supple; 01 February 2008

There is something very unique afoot at the Darlinghurst Theatre, something which stretches beyond the regular confines of independent theatre: A musical!

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

Much Ado About Nothing | Sydney Shakespeare Festival

Much Ado About Nothing, essentially, was and is the When Harry met Sally of the late 16th & early 17th centuries

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

A quick glance around the room revealed spellbound young faces, sometimes agape, but most striking were the beams of mothers and sundry adults, clearly transported, through the mists and delusions of nostalgia, deep into the magical nether-world of naivete

Details: Augusta Supple; 23 January 2008

In a time when “war” is followed by the phrase “on terror”, it is surprisingly refreshing to be taken into the world of Charlie Pickering.

Details: Aleksei Wechter; 19 January 2008

Yang takes his audience on his journeys into China where he seeks a deeper understanding of his roots and to expose himself to the culture and people of his spiritual homeland

Details: Eliza Eggler; 19 January 2008

La bohème is a beautiful opera and this production has done a good job at capturing the romance and nostalgia of Puccini’s masterpiece.

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