Sydney Reviews

Details: James Waites; 24 August 2007

A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Sydney Theatre Company

A Midsummer Night's Dream is among the best imagined, structured and written of Shakespeare's early plays.

Details: Brett Casben; 18 August 2007

The Small Things | Splinter Theatre Company

This is the very spirit and execution of collaborative theatre in a brilliant interplay of memory and emotion which cannot help but touch the heart.

Details: Lee Bemrose; 17 August 2007

On a bare stage this charming clown was a hapless character blown from one sketch to the next.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 16 August 2007

Angry Young Women In Low-Rise Jeans With High-Class Issues

At times awkward and dull while at others riotously funny, this show is a mixed bag, but ultimately one well worth seeing.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 16 August 2007

The Story of the Miracle of Cookie’s Table demonstrates Wesley Enoch's most sophisticated writing so far.

Details: James Waites; 13 August 2007

This Lear is not huge in any way. Heavily trimmed, it remains focused on core themes. To those who know the work, it is honest if a little over-simplified.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 11 August 2007

The Great Library of Earth | Dancing Giant Productions

Using a science-fiction premise, this “grey comedy” takes place on an isolated archive facility far removed from Earth, in the equally distant year 16022.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 11 August 2007

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Company B

Benedict Andrews’ high energy production, for Company B Belvoir, makes this brilliant theatre classic, about a couple struggling to find meaning in their empty lives, feel like a brand new contemporary play.