Category: Uncategorized
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How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Hayes) ★★½
The new production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opts for a shallow, simple reading.
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Heathers: The Musical (Roslyn Packer) ★★★★
Could it be that Heathers: The Musical is actually, genuinely good? Well f*ck me gently with a chainsaw!
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Return of the Godz (Sydney Fringe) ★★★★
Yes, it’s the Return of the Godz — they’re back and they’re ready to party.
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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.
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Strategic Love Play (Flight Path) ★★★½
Two singles drop the pretence to get what they really want… but will it actually work?
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Equus (KXT) ★★★★
This is what Sydney theatre needs more of and marks Brockman as a director of note.
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Lacuna (Griffin Lookout) ★★★★
Take a trip down memory lane, literally, in the high-concept queer heist that is Lacuna.
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Top Silk (Ensemble) ★★½
Ensemble plays things by-the-book with a staid revival of David Williamson’s 80s domestic/legal drama Top Silk.
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Fiddler on the Roof (Theatre Royal) ★★★★
Is it a “wonder of wonders,” a “miracle of miracles,” as the London critics thought?
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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.