Sydney Reviews

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.

Details: Helen Barry; 19 January 2008

Well it’s time once again for the biggest little play festival in the world, Short+Sweet as it bursts onto the Sydney theatre scene for it’s seventh year

Details: Helen Barry; 19 January 2008

Together these two plays make a delightful double bill, which would make a fun girl’s night out, but an uncomfortable choice for a first date.

Details: Augusta Supple; 05 January 2008

This is a story of Giant ambitious proportions, of wild imagination, geographic & scientific abandonment and rollicking audience participation.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 23 December 2007

Don’t be put off by the subject matter of child abuse in David Harrower’s Blackbird. Moral sensitivities aside, this Laurence Olivier Award winning play is intriguing and challenging

Details: Helen Barry; 20 December 2007

McDonald and Szeps are brilliant as they break through the wall of the audience’s ‘Mother and Son’ baggage to bring to life two very different and endearing characters.

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