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Cultural Binge’s Top Ten Sydney Shows of 2025
The Ten Shows That Stuck With Me & a breakdown of the year.
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So Young (Old Fitz) ★★★★
“Remember the time…” – three friends getting together to reminisce becomes a passive-aggressive battle in the darkly funny Scottish domestic comedy So Young.
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Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical (Hayes) ★★★★½
Steven Kramer delivers a remarkable trifecta: great music, sharp lyrics, and an outrageously bonkers book to match.
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Looking Ahead to Sydney Theatre in 2026: Part Two
Another piece of my break down of the 2026 Sydney theatrical season, this time looking at the musicals coming our way (and some other bits & pieces).
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Looking Ahead to Sydney Theatre in 2026: Part One
I’ve written another installment in my ‘no-one-asked-for-this’ break down of the 2026 Sydney theatrical season.
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Hir (New Theatre) ★★★½
Taylor Mac’s Hir, now over a decade old, remains startlingly ahead of its time.
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August: Osage County (Belvoir) ★★★★★
“Thank God we can’t tell the future. We’d never get out of bed.”
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Sweat (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★
Of the Pulitzer Prize winning plays on Sydney stages right now, STC’s Sweat and Belvoir’s August: Osage County, you can guess which one I’d rewatch last.
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Sunset Blvd (Nicole’s Version) (St James Theatre, Broadway) ★★★★★
Every now and again I get a total theatrical obsession and now, you can add the new production of Sunset Boulevard to the list.
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New York Mini-Reviews p4: The Plays
I actually DID buy a very expensive ticket to see Robert Downey Jr’s Broadway debut in McNeal, but after the mediocre reviews I decided to sell the ticket and use that money to pay for three other shows. A move I’m still happy about.
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