Sydney Reviews

Details: Jack Teiwes; 14 April 2007

A lavish feast for the eyes, ears and most definitely the funnybone, the deceptively simple yet thoroughly rich The Game of Love and Chance comes highly recommended.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 12 April 2007

Loosely telling the story of prince Pippin, the son of Charlemagne, and his somewhat picaresque journey through life, Stephen Schwartz’s 1972 Pippin is not your conventional musical.

Details: Brett Casben; 08 April 2007

The production as a whole failed to come up with the necessary edginess to create the threat, and the comedy had nothing to play off

Details: Jack Teiwes; 05 April 2007

Welcome to the world of Noir, a play steeped in the conventions of film noir but which playfully both utilises and subverts its archetypes.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 03 April 2007

Always paying homage to the 60s, when assassinations were so much more fun, Crawford has steeped the story in the richness of not-quite-contemporary language, unmistakably, laconically all-Australian

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 02 April 2007

Tunks never denies or belittles his Blacktown-born-and-bred roots: he wears such, proudly, defiantly, right next to his heart, on his sleeve, as well he should

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 28 March 2007

The Opera Australia chorus soared majestically, almost lifting the roof Orff (sorry, can't resist) the concert hall of the SOH.

Details: Tessa Needham; 27 March 2007

smaller poorer cheaper may be intimate, but it is certainly not small, poor or cheap. This is an eclectic mix of death-defying feats, clowning, physical comedy and dark humour.

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