Sydney Reviews

Details: Rachel Orzech; 29 August 2009

Eva Yerbabuena’s flamenco is the real thing: pure, fierce dance with only music as adornment.

Details: Augusta Supple; 27 August 2009

The Lonesome West | Arts Asia Pacific & B Sharp

At the heart of the piece is a comment about consumer society wherein we care more for belongings - money, a stove, a packet of chips - than for our neighbours, school friends and even family.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 24 August 2009

Bad Jazz | Darlinghurst Theatre & square the circle

An acerbic comedy taking aim at the pretensions and dysfunctions of those who create theatre, Bad Jazz is a play that puts interesting ideas out there but ultimately has trouble getting much across.

Details: Ashley Walker; 23 August 2009

In the boardroom-centred world of Under Ice there is no love, only productivity.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 20 August 2009

Before the irredeemable appallingness of your Marilyn Mansons, there was Alice, who gave licence to 'em all. There still is.

Details: Vanessa Lahey; 20 August 2009

Solo Perspective 2 was a performance showcasing three of Australia’s classically trained, avant-garde musicians.

Details: Vanessa Lahey; 17 August 2009

Lady Sings It Better | Blackcat Productions

As far as cabaret goes, this particular incarnation by the girls who form Lady Sings It Better is spectacular, in the real showstopper sense.

Details: jane barton; 17 August 2009

Once and for all we're gonna tell you who we are so shut up and listen | Theatre Ontroerend Belgium

The chaos is an illusion, the carnal nature of the performance is not.

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