Sydney Reviews

Details: Richard Cotter; 21 April 2022

Infectiously entertaining and rivetingly alive, Wayside Bride is a boldly embroidered quilt covering a period in the 1970s when Ted Noffs' Wayside Chapel established itself as a sanctuary for the homeless, the drug addicted, and anyone who fell between the cracks of orthodoxy.

Details: Richard Cotter; 04 April 2022

The lights go down. The cicadas scream. The lights come up and we wait for the play to begin. Later, in the second act stricken by logorreah, we can’t wait for the play to end.

Details: Doug Knight; 04 April 2022

Seizing this once in a career opportunity, the incredible creative forces behind this production of Phantom have triumphed and powerfully re-imagined one of musical theatres most enduring and recognisable works against a globally famous backdrop.

Details: Richard Cotter; 17 March 2022

Suspense and surprise go south in North by Northwest, substituted with cheesy cheer east of Edam.

Details: Richard Cotter; 04 March 2022

Like champagne that’s lost its chill, life can lose its thrill.

Details: Richard Cotter; 26 February 2022

Frilly, flimsy and flippant, focusing on frivolity, the serious business of office politics, gender pay equality, sexual harassment and glass ceilings becomes an elusive facet.

Details: Richard Cotter; 17 February 2022

Naive theatre meets high tech in The Umbilical Brothers’ production, The Distraction.

Details: Richard Cotter; 04 February 2022

At What Cost? is a complex piece of work, full of righteous anger, full of family love.

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