Sydney Reviews

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 14 June 2009

The BBC sitcom series of many years ago, Richard Curtis & Ben Elton's Blackadder, is a natural for the stage, with its larger-than-life characters (caricatures, really; and then some) and Chaucerian ribaldry.

Details: Aleksei Wechter; 14 June 2009

While Miriam and the Monkfish could easily be overlooked as a pastiche of celebrity chef culture it’s the satire in the writing, along with Kelly’s energetic performance, that carries the show beyond this.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 13 June 2009

To Kill a Mockingbird | Epicentre Theatre Company

Director, Dino Dimitriadis, for Epicentre Theatre Company, has done a particularly fine job, in taking Christopher Sergel's adaptation of Lee's perennial novel to the stage

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 11 June 2009

Set in a beauty parlour in Louisana, six women, each with their own difficulties, share confidences and jokes, enjoying a level of intimacy not otherwise found in their lives.

Details: Augusta Supple; 10 June 2009

The Duel | Sydney Theatre Company and ThinIce

In The Duel, we see the exploration of movement, of the non-verbal, of gestural, a collision of the contemporary stage craft and an antique Russian rumination.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 10 June 2009

Elling | STC and Ambassador Theatre Group

Elling is the tale of two outcasts who have been released from a mental institution and put up in an apartment in downtown Oslo.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 09 June 2009

I went along to Basic Training expecting standup. Sure, there's the odd gag. But BT is a whole lot more than that.

Details: Jack Teiwes; 05 June 2009

What makes this story so interesting is not only the engaging characters but the themes that run through the play.

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