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    The rating system is simple: ★★★★★ – Terrific, world-standard. Don’t miss. ★★★★ – Great, definitely worth seeing. ★★★ – Good. Perfectly entertaining. Recommended. Individual mileage may vary. ★★ – Fine. Flawed and not really recommended, but you may find something to appreciate in it. ★ – Bad (& possibly offensive). See more reviews over at…

    August 10, 2022
  • Magic and Sphen: The unofficial story of Sydney’s gayest penguins, or, the gay penguin play (Flight Path) ★★★½

    Magic and Sphen: The unofficial story of Sydney’s gayest penguins, or, the gay penguin play (Flight Path) ★★★½

    Apart from having the best title of any play this year, Magic & Sphen manages to also possibly be the most adorable.

    August 30, 2026
  • Strategic Love Play (Flight Path) ★★★½

    Strategic Love Play (Flight Path) ★★★½

    Two singles drop the pretence to get what they really want… but will it actually work?

    August 30, 2026
  • Equus (KXT) ★★★★

    Equus (KXT) ★★★★

    This is what Sydney theatre needs more of and marks Brockman as a director of note.

    August 27, 2026
  • Lacuna (Griffin Lookout) ★★★★

    Lacuna (Griffin Lookout) ★★★★

    Take a trip down memory lane, literally, in the high-concept queer heist that is Lacuna.

    August 15, 2026
  • Top Silk (Ensemble) ★★½

    Top Silk (Ensemble) ★★½

    Ensemble plays things by-the-book with a staid revival of David Williamson’s 80s domestic/legal drama Top Silk.

    August 8, 2026
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Theatre Royal) ★★★★

    Fiddler on the Roof (Theatre Royal) ★★★★

    Is it a “wonder of wonders,” a “miracle of miracles,” as the London critics thought?

    August 6, 2026
  • Velvet Inferno (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★

    Velvet Inferno (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★

    Disco meets daring aerials in Velvet Inferno, the cabaret that mixes flirty and funny circus acts with four-on-the-floor beats.

    July 30, 2026
  • Casey & Diana (Qtopia) ★★★½

    Casey & Diana (Qtopia) ★★★½

    Princess Diana’s place as a noted AIDS activist sets the scene for Casey & Diana.

    July 25, 2026
  • Bennelong in London (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★

    Bennelong in London (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★

    This is a story, about a storyteller, hearing the story of another storyteller in order to tell the storyteller’s story.

    July 24, 2026
  • Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) (Sydney Opera House) ★★★½

    Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) (Sydney Opera House) ★★★½

    Another year, another comedy-riff on Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice!

    July 19, 2026
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