Sydney Reviews

Details: Daniel Morgan Potts; 14 May 2015

Trade | Hurrah Hurrah

Inspired by the 2008 loss of 5 billion Euro on the futures market by Jerome Kerviel, Trade is an unpolished allegory of moral and intellectual collapse.

Details: Daniel Morgan Potts; 12 May 2015

Sport for Jove has grasped this play, coloured and shaped it into a living whole. It's a pleasure to discover it with them.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 11 May 2015

Julia-Rose Lewis draws on the stultifying uneasiness of an Australian country town to set the tone of her first play, Samson.

Details: Daniel Morgan Potts; 08 May 2015

The Wizard of Oz | Belvoir

Director Adena Jacobs has reimagined Oz as a “symbolic dream” telling what she calls a “central myth within our culture”, one which is concerned with the female body and the female mind.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 07 May 2015

Dogfight | Hayes Theatre Co

The opening two numbers in Dogfight had the whole audience whistling and hooting their applause. It started small, with Hillary Cole’s crystalline voice singing a folksy, acoustic solo, and segues into a high octane routine by the boys from the marines.

Details: Penny Spirou; 28 April 2015

Effie is looking for love, and times are tough. She has been through a lot, even had a baby girl (via the divinity of Immaculate Conception) and still cannot seem to find the man of her dreams.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 23 April 2015

Alchemy | Ali McGregor

Supported by her first class trio ensemble, the incandescent Ali McGregor is smokin’ hot cabaret perfection.

Details: Penny Spirou; 23 April 2015

Here We Go Again | Pablo Francisco

American stand-up comic, Pablo Francisco, has returned to Australian shores for the 4th time to deliver his manic comedy routine to adoring fans. In this particular show, Here We Go Again (Back in the Outback) he trials his new animated skits with partner-in-crime, Steve Kramer.

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