Category: Theatre

  • Sex Magick ★★★★

    Sex Magick ★★★★

    Written by Nicholas Brown. Griffin Theatre Company. 17 Feb – 25 Mar, 2023. Part of Sydney WorldPride. Read my review over on The Queer Review.

  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ★★★1/2

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ★★★1/2

    Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Leo Robin. Book by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields. Hayes Theatre. 16 Feb – 18 Mar, 2023 Read the full review on The Queer Review.

  • Opera Up Late ★★★★

    Opera Up Late ★★★★

    Dame Joan Sutherland Theatre. Sydney Opera House. 18 & 23 Feb, 2023. Part of Sydney WorldPride 2023. Read my full review on The Queer Review.

  • The Resistance ★★★★

    The Resistance ★★★★

    Written by Kip Chapman. Australian Premiere. Australian Theatre for Young People. Rebel Wilson Theatre. 16 Feb – 11 Mar, 2023. Plays about the climate crisis have tended to be didactic and dull so far. It’s hard to make drama about a slow-moving disaster coming our way. The Resistance at ATYP turns focus onto the youth…

  • CAMP ★★★1/2

    CAMP ★★★1/2

    Written by Elias Jamieson Brown. Siren Theatre Co and Seymour Centre in association with Sydney WorldPride. World Premiere. 15 Feb – 4 Mar, 2023. Read my full review on The Queer Review.

  • Blessed Union ★★★★★

    Blessed Union ★★★★★

    Written by Maeve Marsden. World Premiere. Belvoir St Theatre 11 Feb – 11 Mar, 2023 Read my full review on The Queer Review.

  • Big Screen, Small Queen (Everything I Didn’t Learn in Film School) ★★★★

    Big Screen, Small Queen (Everything I Didn’t Learn in Film School) ★★★★

    Created & performed by Etcetera Etcetera. World Premiere. KXT King’s Cross. 11 – 23 Feb, 2023. Read my full review over on The Queer Review. And read my interview with Etcetera Etcetera here.

  • Hubris & Humiliation ★★★★

    Hubris & Humiliation ★★★★

    Written by Lewis Treston. World Premiere. Sydney Theatre Company. Jan 20 – Mar 4, 2023 Read my full review over on The Queer Review

  • Holding Achilles ★★

    Holding Achilles ★★

    Written by David Morton. Sydney Festival. Carriageworks. 19-22 Jan, 2023. High flying multidisciplinary show Holding Achilles comes to Sydney Festival after a successful run at Brisbane Festival last year and it’s a real mixed bag. But there’s one thing for certain… The acrobatics are graceful but the script is clunky! Young, troubled, too-smart-for-his-own-good Patroclus is…

  • Blue ★★★★

    Blue ★★★★

    Written by Thomas Weatherall. World Premiere. Sydney Festival. Belvoir St Theatre. Jan 14 – Jan 29, 2023. Thomas Weatherall (Heartbreak High) cements his place as an Australia talent to watch by writing and starring in his own one-man show, Blue, at Belvoir St Theatre. And it’s good! Very good! As you enter the upstairs Belvoir…