Tag: World Premiere
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Jailbaby (Griffin Theatre Co.) ★★★1/2
Written by Suzie Miller. Griffin Theatre Company. 7 Jul – 19 Aug, 2023. Playwright Suzie Miller has crammed a lot into 80 minutes with Jailbaby, her third new play staged in two years (after Anna K and RBG: Of Many, One last year). The story of AJ, a cocky youth who gets thrown into the…
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On The Beach (Sydney Theatre Co.) ★★★★1/2
Adapted for the stage by Tommy Murphy. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute. Sydney Theatre Company, Roslyn Packer Theatre. 18 Jul – 12 Aug, 2023. On The Beach opens with a tableaux of 60s beach-side bliss, all pastels, buff bodies and short shorts. Soak in the eye candy because things get darker from here.…
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Jacky (Melbourne Theatre Company) ★★★★
Written by Declan Furber Gillick. Melbourne Theatre Company. Fairfax Studio, Art Centre Melbourne. 22 May – 24 Jun, 2023 Full review up on The Queer Review.
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Girl Band (Riverside Theatres, Parramatta) ★★★★
Written by Katy Warner. Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. 18 – 27 May, 2023. Playwright Katy Warner is taking aim at performative “girl power”, literally, in her new play Girl Band, going behind the scenes of the birth of a 90s pop group. For all the bubble-gum music and outfits, this tale gets realistically dark. Music industry…
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Metropolis (Hayes Theatre) ★★
Book and Lyrics by Julia Robertson. Music by Zara Stanton. Presented by the Little Eggs Collective in association with Hayes Theatre Co. World Premiere. Apr 21 – May 20, 2023 Metropolis, the new musical receiving its World Premiere at Hayes Theatre, is an ambitious piece. Adapting an acclaimed film (and novel) about a revolution between…
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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.
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Blessed Union ★★★★★
Written by Maeve Marsden. World Premiere. Belvoir St Theatre 11 Feb – 11 Mar, 2023 Read my full review on The Queer Review.
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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
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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…
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Boxing Day BBQ ★★★★1/2
Written by Sam O’Sullivan. World Premiere. Ensemble Theatre. Dec 5, 2022 – Jan 15, 2023 All shows should be this good. Boxing Day BBQ may look like a light, festive comedy from the outside, but once you pop the hood you’ll find a tight family drama that is finely tooled and smarter than it needs…
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