Sydney Reviews

Details: Jack Teiwes; 25 June 2011

Hairspray, in all its incarnations, is an atypical concoction: a seemingly lightweight, energetically camp celebration of retro-kitsch fashion and music surrounding an earnest anti-racism message integral to its Baltimore roots.

Details: Ashley Walker; 24 June 2011

In Terminus, the focus is on the power of storytelling and the richness of the English language.

Details: Helen Barry; 19 June 2011

It’s an incisive exploration of what happens when two unstable personalities, each just holding it together on their own combine; what happens when Nitro meets Glycerine or when one piranha meets his flesh-eating soulmate.

Details: Helen Barry; 11 June 2011

We humans, it seems, have changed very little. We bicker, we fight, we love, we betray one another, and the world just keeps on turning.

Details: Helen Barry; 16 May 2011

Much like most great scientific breakthroughs, with this kind of thing there’s always the equal chance of discovering something that will change the world as there is of creating a monster. And, so it is here.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 07 May 2011

This production most certainly is good. Better than good. Much much better than good. But it is also not really as straightforward an appeal to nostalgia as you might expect.

Details: jane barton; 07 May 2011

Lawrence Leung describes himself as a “whimsical, sensitive” comedian. He threatens would-be hecklers with tears and an asthma inhaler. It’s a telling moment.

Details: jane barton; 06 May 2011

The first thing you notice about Canadian DeAnne Smith is that she’s smart. It’s a neurotic, brainy intelligence which translates to challenging and distinctly original comedy.

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