Sydney Reviews

Details: Jack Teiwes; 19 February 2009

It’s all completely terrible, and that’s the point. Except, the problem is… it really IS pretty dire stuff.

Details: Helen Barry; 17 February 2009

The Removalists | Sydney Theatre Company

As a young country, Australia is often subjected to questions of identity. Who we are, at times, seems inextricably linked with who we were - a convict colony founded on criminality, the dumping ground for Mother England’s lost souls.

Details: Rebecca Whitton; 17 February 2009

Venus & Adonis | Bell Shakespeare & Malthouse Theatre

This romantic epic poem, based on a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses about the Roman Goddess of Love, Venus and her mortal lover, Adonis, is a cautionary reminder that with great love comes terrible pain.

Details: Helen Barry; 14 February 2009

Las Vegas with a touch of Hollywood stardust comes to Marrickville in the form of the divine Ms Imogen Kelly.

Details: Helen Barry; 14 February 2009

If you thought Joan Collins’ career was in the doldrums then you are sorely mistaken because she’s back in fine form in the Mardi Gras Festival’s Betcha Thought I Was Dead.

Details: jane barton; 14 February 2009

Baghdad Wedding has a certain hum and buzz surrounding it. Since its triumph at the Soho Theatre in London in 2007, theatre companies around the world have been eager to stage it.

Details: Augusta Supple; 12 February 2009

There is something that catches me, catches in my throat, with The Waifs...

Details: Eliza Eggler; 12 February 2009

Accompanied by the Australian Chamber Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, Miss Upshaw thrilled us with her beauty of tone, immaculate musicality and appealing stage presence.

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