Arts & Entertainment Reviews
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Berliners: Sydney Fringe Festival
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Berliners is an absurdist comedic play about two roommates sharing an apartment separated by the Berlin Wall. The play explores an alternate-history of 1989; one of the most influential moments in history. The stage is sp… -
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
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Words have more power than given credit. Our words have the ability to help, to harm, to heal, to educate and to inspire. The words we choose and how we use them can build others up or tear them down; bring the community together or rip it apart.… -
Sydney Fringe Festival: Crème de la Crème
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COVID-19 was a tough time for everyone, and people working in performing arts sat at the sharp end of that dilemma. Crème de la Crème, a second show by Head First Acrobats for this year’s Sydney Fringe Festival, gives y… -
Wicked In Oz 2023
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Wicked opens spectacularly. From the first bar of music, the curtain opening, a giant winged dragon overhead and flying monkeys scampering up and down the stage extensions, the opening night audience knows Sydney is about to see s… -
Sydney Fringe Festival: Class Browns
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Class Browns is an amateur comedy show that brings together the comedic talents of Akila, Riv, and Sath, three Sydney comedians who are on the cusp of greatness. And if not, as the show humorously suggests, one of them might just … -
Sydney Fringe Festival GODZ
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Pec. flexing, hip thrusting, ball tucking, butt polishing... funny men. GODZ is a ribald and engaging deep dive into the hedonistic and homoerotic playground of the gods. With a very self-aware gaze, this four-man crew put as much… -
Sydney Fringe Festival: Gary Starr
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Gary Starr: Greece Lightning at Sydney Fringe Festival Prepare to embark on an uproarious journey into the heart of Greek mythology with the one and only Gary Starr, a comic force of nature whose sheer audacity knows no bo… -
Sydney Fringe Festival: Moist
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We all have those words we hate, I like many HATE the word MOIST, now I hear you, hate is a strong declaration, but for a term that means moderately or slightly wet. The mere mention has my insides sucking up into itself and leaving me nothing but… -
This Is Our Youth
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This Is Our Youth is bold. And those artists and creatives involved echo that in modest and earnestly labored calls across the Sydney theatre horizon. The promotional hype generated did not rally the masses, or instigate the talk … -
The Approach
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The Approach is an riveting dramatic play about betrayal, love and female friendship. Female friendships are never simpl… -
Catherine At Avignon
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Catherine at Avignon by living Sydney playwright Paul Gilchrist is currently performing on Meraki Mainstage Darlinghurst in a short season, so be quick to see this. The work of Paul Gilchrist is always a rich woven tapestr… -
Murder For Two
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Wonderfully whacky Murder For Two - a musical comedy to die for - at Hayes Theatre is the funniest show I can remember seeing on stage.… -
Rob Mallett As Elvis
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Rob Mallett as Elvis reached a new career best when Elvis A Musical Revolution opened in Sydney at the State Theatre last night. It's challenging to remember I last saw Mallett sugar sweetly starring in Sondheim's Nice W… -
Miss Peony
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Miss Peony is an incredible multi-lingual play about culture, acceptance and prejudices in Australia told through a comedic beauty pageant. Against her feminist ideals, Lily (Stephanie Jack) is compelled by her grandmother… -
Sweeney Todd
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Sweeney Todd. Superbly performed. Supremely entertaining. Sondheim shown at his ultimate. Sensational!. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was not only unjustly transported to Sydney in the 18th century,… -
The Hero Leaves One Tooth
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The Hero Leaves One Tooth - KXT on Broadway until 29 July 2023 A woman anxiously walks down a darkened street, constantly looking over her shoulder, filled with fear that she is being followed. Armed with her house keys as… -
The Tap Pack
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The Tap Pack is an Aussie troupe, inspired by the legendary The Rat Pack, and their show mixes all the same favourite elements of this group of friends as the talent of vintage mid-century right no… -
Talk To Me
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"Nothing ever happens in the first twenty minutes" my kind companion tries to reassure me as the lights to the theatre dim. I let out a little squeal, try to shake out the anticipated scares that are festering inside and I focus on his statement. … -
Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit
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Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit is a delightfully entertaining show that brings the charm of Agatha Christie novels to life through improvisation. Sydney Scoop review by Mimi Dang. -
City Of Angels
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City of Angels plays at the Hayes Theatre Co. from 23 June to 23 July and the toe tapping jazz freak inside you knows you want to go to this delicious satirical noir romp.