Sydney Reviews

Details: Richard Cotter; 09 May 2025

Progress at a pace, rampant and unbridled, seems to be Public Enemy God Number One in S. Shakthidharan’s latest play.

Details: Richard Cotter; 01 May 2025

WTF? OMG! A LGBTQIA+ play, IRL at KXT. LOL.

Details: Nicholas Routley; 29 April 2025

This year's Festival has set a new standard in refinement, both of performance and of structured programming.

Details: Richard Cotter; 28 April 2025

In the Next Room is a Thanks Givings feast, without the turkey and trimmings.

Details: Richard Cotter; 25 April 2025

Director/Writer Cate Whittaker takes us on a docudrama history lesson in The Amazing Lucas Girls.

Details: Richard Cotter; 24 April 2025

Thuggery, buggery and bastardisation, the old school tie that binds and blinds, the born to rule attitude and mindset is on display in POSH with all its pomposity, pretension and perniciousness.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 11 April 2025

Tom Gleisner and Katie Weston have created a new Australian musical about being old, which, though cloaked in wit and razzle-dazzle, raises particularly poignant concerns.

Details: Richard Cotter; 07 April 2025

These Youths Be Protesting is public performance ready, having honed the show with four previews and now ready to present to a wider public audience.

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