Sydney Reviews

Details: Sonia Allan; 24 March 2009

Lady Windermere’s Fan | Darlinghurst Theatre Company

This show combines Wildean wit with 1950s Sydney's sugar-puff high society.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 23 March 2009

Judy Bailey became infatuated with jazz at the tender age of 12 after hearing a Fats Waller record. Or so the story goes.

Details: Lee Bemrose; 23 March 2009

Caesar is a cop who wakes up with concussion. He’s been beaten up badly but remembers nothing about the altercation. In fact he remembers very little at all

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 23 March 2009

Saxy foursome Compass, augmented by the very considerable talents of Marcello Maio, on piano accordion, and Julian Curwin, on electric guitar, have succeeded in capturing the spirit and soul of tango

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

This 'off-Oxford' homage to Mardi Gras and all things joyously gay is, from tip to stiletto, a dazzling, dinnertime delight!

Details: Ashley Walker; 15 March 2009

Travesties is a play that swims around playfully in a thick pool of language. This is a pool, overflowing with comments on the nature of art, running gags, and even limericks.

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

Ah, Pygmalion. Would we even have a culture without it?

Details: Jack Teiwes; 14 March 2009

One of the greatest musicals from Broadway’s golden age, this production of Guys and Dolls is an absolute winner from start to finish.

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