Theatre – Cultural Binge

The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World (Old Fitz) ★★★½

Twenty-something insecurities hit home in Elinor Cook’s funny The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World.

No one is raining on this hit parade.

Maybe it’s time we started re-examining John Patrick Shanley’s work a little more closely.

Mama Does Derby brings roller derby into the Sydney Town Hall… sorta.

Reuben Kaye’s signature sexually charged comedy was well and truly enGORGEd.

There is tension in every step – physically and narratively.

Abbott has taken life’s lemons and made some fine lemonade.

Abdalla resists reducing conflict to simple binaries.

I’ve got to say it feels good to be opening 2026 by seeing (and hearing) some Sondheim—performed by the very best.

Let me start by saying Pretty Woman: The Musical is NOT the worst musical I’ve seen in 2025.